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Macromolecular Chemistry - S112003

Title:	Macromolecular Chemistry
Guaranteed by:	Department of Polymers (112)
Faculty:	Faculty of Chemical Technology
Actual:	from 2013 to 2020
Semester:	summer
Points:	summer s.:4
E-Credits:	summer s.:4
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:

Guarantor:	Merna Jan prof. Ing. Ph.D.

Examination dates Schedule

Annotation

The course is focused on structure of macromolecules, physical properties of polymers, monomer polymerizability, chain and stepwise polyreactions, copolymerization, ring opening polymerization and chemical reactions of polymers.

Last update: PROKOPOI (06.01.2012)

Literature

Stevens M.P.: Polymer Chemistry An Introduction. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York 1999.

Chanda M.: Introduction to Polymer Science and Chemistry. A Problem Solving Approach. CRC Press Boca Raton 2006.

Young R.J., Lovell P.A.: Introduction to Polymers. Third Edition. CRC Press Boca Raton 2011.

Last update: Merna Jan (20.02.2018)

Syllabus -

1. Introduction and historical development, nomenclature of polymers.

2. Structure of macromolecules, molecular weight.

3. Molecular structure and properties of polymers.

4. Polymerizability of low molecular substances.

5. Free radical polymerization, elemental reactions.

6. Kinetics of free radical polymerization.

7. Free radical copolymerization.

8. Ionic polymerization and copolymerization.

9. Insertion polymerization, polymerization practice.

10. Ring-opening polymerization.

11. Step-growth polymerization, characterization, reactivity of monomer functional groups.

12. Polycondensation - mechanism and kinetics, molecular weight distributions.

13. Polyadditions - typical syntheses.

14. Reactions of polymers.

Last update: Merna Jan (15.02.2018)

Entry requirements

Prerequisities: Organic chemistry.

Last update: PROKOPOI (06.01.2012)