CHM 302: POLYMER CHEMISTRY I

84 PAGES (27212 WORDS) Chemistry Study/Lesson Note

COURSE MATERIAL 

GENERAL TOC 

MODULE 1: Nature of Polymers and their Nomenclature; 

Unit 1: Introduction to Polymer Chemistry and Nomenclature 

Unit 2: Physical Groupings of Polymers with their Nomenclature 

Unit 3: Chemical Groupings of Polymers with their Nomenclature


MODULE 2: Sources of Raw Materials for Polymers; 

Unit 1: Raw Materials from Economic Sources are Industrial Methods of Producing Polymers 

Unit 2: Chemical Industries are Important Sources of Raw Materials in Polymer Chemistry 


MODULE 3: Processes of Polymerization; 

Unit 1: Synthetic Polymerization 

Unit 2: Addition Chain-growth Polymerization Reactions 

Unit 3: Mechanisms in Addition Chain-growth Polymerization Reactions [Radical and Ionic Addition Polymerizations] 

Unit 4: Condensation Step-growth Polymerization Reactions  


MODULE 4: Solubility and Solution Properties of Polymers; 

Unit 1: Solubility Properties of Polymers 

Unit 2: Solution Properties of Polymers 


MODULE 5: Structures and Properties of Polymers; 

Unit 1: Crystallinity and Amorphous Properties of Polymers 

Unit 2: Types and Effects of Linkages on Nature of Polymers  


MODULE 6: Fiber Forming Polymers, Biodegradation and Recycling of Polymers; 

Unit 1: Polymers as Fibers 

Unit 2: Biodegradations and Recycling of Polymers 


Answers to Short-Structured TMA Questions