MS2083 Laboratory on Structure-Property Relationship in Polymers
Current offering: AY2026/2027 Semester 2
Objectives of this module:
To understand the influence of molecular weight on thermal and mechanical properties of polymers.
Specifically:
- To characterize the hydrodynamic size, virial coefficient and estimate the molecular weight using dynamic light scattering (DLS) technique.
- To understand the concepts behind light scattering technique and Zimm plot.
- To compound different molecular weight polystyrene (PS) and prepare tensile specimens.
- To perform differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and tensile testing on specimens of different molecular weight.
- To explain the differences observed in the data between the two grades of PS.
What are the underlying theories/concepts?
- Brownian motion, random walk analysis, polymer solutions (good, poor, theta conditions, Flory-Huggins theory, and UCST/LCST conditions)
- Characterization of molecular weights and importance
- Importance of structural features of polymers and their influence on properties
- AUs
- 1.0 AUs
- Grade Type
- None
- Prerequisite
- MS2013(Corequisite)
- Exam
- None
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Laboratory on Structure-Property Relationship in Polymers
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