Introduction to Polymers - Introduction to Polymers

Water

• Impurities in Water
• Hardness of Water
• Determination of Hardness of Water by Edta Method and Problems
• Softening of water by Hot and Cold lime Soda method and numerical problems
• Zeolite process and numerical problems
• Ion Exchange Process and Numerical Problems
• Potable water standard as per BIS
• Drinking Water Or Municipal Water
• Bod - Definition and Significance
• COD- Definition and Significance
• Sewage Treatment
• Numerical problems related to COD

Polymers

• Introduction to Polymers
• Classification of polymerization
• Types of Polymerization
• Thermoplastic Plastic
• Thermosetting plastic
• Compounding of Plastic
• Fabrication of Plastic by Compression
• Fabrication of Plastic by Injection
• Fabrication of plastic by Extrusion moulding
• Preparation, Properties and Uses of Phenol
• Preparation, properties and uses of PMMA
• Preparation, properties and uses of Kevlar
• Effect of heat on the polymers (Glass transition temperature)
• Viscoelasticity
• Conducting Polymers
• Engineering Plastics
• Polymers in Medicine and Surgery
• Natural Rubber- Latex
• Drawbacks of Natural Rubber
• Compounding of Rubber (Vulcanization of Rubber)
• Properties and Uses of Buna‐S
• Silicone and Polyurethane Rubber

Rubbers

Lubricants

• Lubricants
• Mechanism of Lubrication
• Classification of Lubricants
• Solid Lubricants S (Graphite and Molybdenum Disulphide )
• Semisolid Lubricants
• Liquid Lubricants
• Additives in blended Oils
• Important properties of lubricants
• Definition and significance of - Viscosity
• Saponification value and numerical problems

Phase Rule

• Gibb’S Phase Rule
• Terms involved with examples of phase rule
• One Component System (Water)
• Reduced Phase Rule
• Two Component System (Pb- Ag)
• Advantages and Limitations of Phase Rule.

Important Engineering Materials