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Courses Code: CHM 301
Course Title: POLYMER CHEMISTRY AND RUBBER TECHNOLOGY
Number of unit : 2 Units
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Office Lecturer: College of Natural Science, Department of Chemistry
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COURSE SYNOPSIS
The nature of Polymer. Nomenclature. Outline of sources of raw material for polymers; Polymerization process, condensation and chain polymerization. Solubility and solution. Properties, Polymers Structure and Properties. Fibre forming polymers. Introduction to rubber chemistry. Properties of commercial polymer – hydrocarbon plastic and elastomers.