SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Department of Chemistry

FCH 552:“Polymer Science: Polymer Properties and Technology”

 

Fall Semester - 2007

Lectures and Assignments

 

Subject

Assignment

Date

1

 Introduction and Overview of     Polymers

 Cowie: Ch1 and Problems 1.3, 1.5

8/28

2

 Molecular Weight and Its Distribution

 Cowie: 29-46 ,  Problems: 1.4,1.8, 1.10

8/30

3

 Polymer Chain Statistics, RMS Values

 Cowie: Ch 8;  Fried, 1st Edn Section 3.1
 Flory Nobel Lecture (recommended)

9/4

4

 Flory Huggins Theory

 

9/6

5

 Interaction Parameters, Upper and Lower Critical Solution Temperatures

 

9/11

6

 Colligative Properties, Osmotic Pressure /   Light Scattering

  Cowie Ch 9:

9/13,
9/20

7

 Intrinsic Viscosity; Gel    Permeation
   Chromatography

 

9/25

8

 Other Approaches to Molecular
   Size and Interactions

 

Term paper guidelines

9/27

9

 Polymer Microstructure and  NMR:tacticity, copolymers

Cowie: 105-113, 221-225

Nobel Prize for Grubbs, Chauvin and Schrock

http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/2005/index.html

10/2

10

  Phase separation

 Cowie: 

10/4

11

  Polymer Solid State –
  Polymer Single Crystals, Melt Crystallization
   and Amorphous Domains

  Term Paper Topics Due submit be  e-mail to

mailto:wtwinter@syr.edu

 Cowie: 229-235
   Keller single crystal paper

10/9

12

  Fringed Micelles
   Diffraction, Crystallization Kinetics

  Cowie:
 

10/11

13

  3-Dimensional Structures,
    Molecular Modeling

Handout

10/16

14

  Amorphous State, Thermal Properties,
   Transitions, Tg,    Characterization –
   TGA, DSC

  Cowie:  Ch 12.

10/18 

15

  Introduction to Viscoelasticity

  Cowie: 274-282

10/23

16

 1st Exam

Covers through lecture12

Wk of 10/22

17

  Time Temperature Superposition
    and the Boltzmann Principle

Cowie: 283-

10/25

18

  Dynamical Mechanical Analysis
    / Dielectric Analysis

 Cowie:  

10/30

19

  Rubber Elasticity

 Cowie:  Ch 14

11/1

20

   Blends, Composites,
     Plasticizers, Fillers,  Additives

 Cowie:

11/6

21

  Polymer Degradation

 Handout:

11/8

22

  Environmental Aspects of
    Plastics

 Handout

11/13

23

 2nd Exam

  Form to be determined

11/15

24

 Polymer Liquid Crystals

  Cowie: Ch. 16

11/20

25

 Membrane Technology

  Handout

11/27

26

 Electrical / Optical  Properties

 Cowie  Ch.17 
Term Papers due (Submit both hard copy and the file – email attachment is OK for the latter

11/29

27

 Oral Presentation of
Term Papers I

(Submit the *.ppt file by email)

12/4

28

 Oral Presentation of
Term Papers II

(Submit the *.ppt file by email)

12/6

 

  • Cowie, J.M.G. and  Arrighi, V.,(2008) “Polymers: Chemistry and Physics of Modern Materials, 3rd Edn”)
  • Fried (2003)"Polymer Science and Technology"2nd Edn, Prentice Hall. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
  • Young and Lovell (1991) Intro. to Polymer Chemistry. 2nd Edn., Chapman & Hall, New York ,NY

Excuses, other than a Doctor’s note, will not be accepted for missing any exam, or oral presentation, requests for an individual to have an exam at a different time will not be considered.

Depending upon class size, at least one exam will be oral

I reserve the right to give impromptu, unannounced "pop" quizzes on current or previous work and the assigned reading.

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