AKTU Physical Chemistry of Polymers (BPE058) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech 3rd Year

Course Outcomes

Potential energy and conformational energy of molecules Staggered and eclipsed states ‐ conformations and configurations, isomeric states and isomerism in polymers ‐ Tacticity, stereoisomerism, geometric isomerism ‐ Unperturbed and Gaussian chains ‐ Random coils and average end to end distance ‐ Freely jointed and freely rotating chain models

• Random flight analysis. Thermodynamics First and second law of Thermodynamics, Carnot cycle ‐ Entropy and enthalpy ‐ Energy driven and entropy driven elasticity ‐ Thermoelasticity – Thermodynamic treatment of rubbers ‐ entropic and energetic contributions to the elastic force in rubbers ‐ Statistical mechanical theory. Amorphous State Transition temperatures ‐ Glass transition temperature ‐ Free volume, kinetic, and thermodynamic views of glass transition ‐ Factors influencing glass transition temperature. Crystalline State Crystal systems, unit cells, primitive cell, Bravais lattices, polymorphism ‐ Polymer single crystals, lamellae, spherulites, supermolecular structures, fringed micelle model ‐ Degree of crystallinity, factors affecting crystallinity ‐ X‐ray diffraction. Chain orientation Concept of chain orientation ‐ orientation in amorphous and crystaline polymers ‐ Uniaxial and biaxial orientation practical significance ‐ Orientation processes ‐ fibre spinning, blown film extrusion, solid state extrusion, profile extrusion ‐ Properties of oriented polymers ‐ Birefringence. Text Books :‐

1. S. Glasstone and D. Lewis, Elements of Physical Chemistry, Macmillan India Press, Madras, 1995.
2. Paul C. Painter and Michael M. Coleman, Fundamentals of Polymer Science, Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., Lancaster, USA, 1994.
3. Ulf W. Gedde, Polymer Physics, Chapman & Hall, 1995.