Course: Structure and Properties of Polymers

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Course title Structure and Properties of Polymers
Course code TUIP/TEZSV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Čermák Roman, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Polyethylene, monomer, synthesis, structure, properties and application. PE-LD, PE-HD, PE-UHMW. Copolymers of ethylenes (PE-LLD, E/a-olefin, E/EVA, E/MMK, EPM and EPDM). Polypropylene, monomer, synthesis, structure, properties and application. Copolymers of propylene. Composites with PE and PP matrix. 2. Styrenic polymers. Polystyrene, monomer, synthesis, structure, properties and application. EPS, HIPS, ABS, SAN, ASA. Polymer blends ABS+PC, ABS+PA, HIPS+PPE. 3. Polyvinylchloride, monomer, synthesis, structure, properties and application. Additives - composites with PVC matrix. Copolymers of vinylchloride VC/VDC, VC/VAC, VC/E/VAC and chlorinated PVC. Other vinyl polymers: PVAL, PVFM and PVB. 4. Polymethylmethacrylate and its copolymers MMA/S, MMA/AN, monomer, synthesis, structure, properties and application. Hydrogels and PAN. 5. Fluoropolymers. Polytetrafluorethylene and its copolymer, ETFE, monomer, synthesis, structure, properties, application. Modified types. Other fluoropolymers? PCTFE, PVF, PVDF and copolymer PFA. 6. Polyacetals and polyéthers, polyoxymethylene, PPE, PEEK, PEOX and PPOX, monomers, synthesis, structures, properties nad applications. Epoxy resin, monomers, synthesis, crosslinking methods, properties and application. Composits with epoxy resin matrix. 7. Polyesters and their classification. PET, PBT and PC, monomers, synthesis, structures, properties, processing and applications. Unsaturated polyester resins, monomers, synthesis, crosslinking, properties, processing and application including composites. 8. Polyamides, types od synthesis. PA 6, PA 66, PA 610, PA 11 and PA 12, their structure, properties, processing and application. Advanced materials - aromatic polyamides. Composites with PA matrix. 9. Polyurethanes, monomers, types, PUR foams, fibres and films. PUR elastomers, PUR resin for casting, adhesives, coatings and binders. Synthesis, properties and applications. 10. Fenol-formaldehyde resins and urea-formaldehyde resins, synthesis, crosslinking, properties processing and application. Their composites. 11. Animal hides/skins, epidermis, dermis subcutaneous fat; chemical composition of hides/skins, types of hides/skins. Animal hides/skins as raw materials for industrial utilisation for variety of products. Processing of hides/skins in tanneries. 12. Composition of gelatines and glues. Gelatines manufactured from alternative sources of collagen (fish, poultry tissues), advantages/disadvantages. The potential of protein by-products from meat and food processing industries for gelatine manufacturing. 13. Hard gelatines capsules (HGC), composition of a mixture for the production of HGC, typical gelatine parameters for production of HGC. Properties, advantages, disadvantages and applications of HGC. 14. Soft gelatines capsules (SGC), manufacturing technology process, composition of a mixture for the production of SGC, typical gelatine parameters for production of SGC. Properties, advantages, disadvantages and applications of SGC. 15. Collagen, elastin and keratin in cosmetology. Advantages of applications of proteins in cosmetics. Physical forms of protein preparations, examples of applications, declared effect. Growth stimulators in agriculture (solid and liquid forms) based on collagen hydrolysates; composition, properties and applications. 16. Rubber definition. Vulcanisation. Rubber elasticity. Natural rubber. 17. Styrene-butadiene rubber. SBS elastomer. Butadiene rubber. Isoprene rubber. 18. Ethylene-propylene and ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. Chloroprene rubber. Nitrile rubber. 19. Modified nitrile rubber. Butyl and halobutyl rubber. Chlorosulfonated polyethylene. 20. Acrylic and ethylene-acrylic rubber. Epichlorohydrin rubber. Polynorbornene. Fluoroelastomers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for examination - 50 hours per semester
teaching methods
Knowledge
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
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