Credits: 2 (0-0-4)
Description
Experiments: identification of polymers; purification of monomers; suspension polymerization of styrene; emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate and butyl acrylate; bulk and solution polymerization of methyl methacrylate; preparation and testing of epoxy resins; unsaturated polyester resin technology; preparation of nylon 6 and nylon 10 by interfacial polymerization; copolymerization and determination of reactivity ratios; epoxide equivalent; molecular weight determination by viscometry and end-group analysis; atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene; thermal characterization by DSC and TGA; GPC; FTIR and NMR.