PG Elective CL
664 (Polymer Thermodynamics)
Lectures are held
on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2.30pm - 4.00pm, in Room 228, Chem Engg Dept.
The Course Contents
are:
Polymer Chain Conformations: Random flight model for polymer, The Gaussian Chain, Chain Conformation under an External Field, Excluded Volume Effect and Theta Condition, Rotational Isomeric States, Scaling Concept. Mechanical Behavior of Polymers: Rubber Elasticity, Network Model. Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions: Dilute, Semidilute and Concentrated Solutions, Osmotic Pressure - MW Measurement, Zimm Diagram – MW Measurement, Viscosity of Dilute Solutions - MW Measurement, Screening Effect, Flory-Huggins Theory, Phase Equilibria in Polymer Solutions, Phase Behaviour of Block Copolymers. Glassy, Crystalline and Molten States of Polymers: Thermodynamics of Melting of Polymers, Kinetics of Crystallization (Avrami Equation), Thermodynamics of Glass Transition, Free Volume theory. Thermodynamic Characterization of Polymers: DSC.