CH242 Polymer Chemistry 2002 2003

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CH242 Polymer Chemistry 2002 - 2003

• D M Haddleton

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Lecture 1

• Introduction
• What are polymers?
• Where are polymers used?
• Polymers as molecules with mechanical
  properties.

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Course Structure

• 11 Lectures from D M Haddleton
• 1 Lectures from Dr Steve Yeates Avecia
• 1 Lectures from Dr Ezat Khoshdel Unilever
• 1 Lecture from Dr Martin Partridge - Synetix
• 1 Tutorial
• 1 Workshop

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Books

• Physical Chemistry, Chapter 22 P Atkins
• Organic Chemistry, Chapter 52 Clayden et. al.
• Principles of Polymerisation       G Odian
• Polymer Synthesis                        P Rempp
  and E W Merrill
• Polymers Chemistry Physics of Modern
  Materials  
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  J M G Cowie
• Polymer Chemistry An Introduction      
•                    
   G Challa
• Introduction to Polymers              R J Young
  and P A Lovell

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Course Web Site

• http//www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/Chemistry/ug/ugco
  urses/year2/ch242/index.htm
• Course Content
• Hyperlinks
• Past Exam Questions
• Sample Questions
• Downloads of all Slides
• Answers to Questions

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Other Web Sites

• Notes from Polymer chemistry course at
  Missouri-Rolla
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• http//www.umr.edu/jstoffer/CHEM381/index.html
• http//www.umr.edu/jstoffer/?physicalpolymerche
  mistry
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• General Polymer chemistry
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• http//www.umr.edu/poly/
• http//wwwumr.edu80/poly/otherservers.html
• http//www.polymers.com/
• http//www.psrc.usm.edu/polyclass/macrogalleria.ht
  ml

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What do I learn in this course?

• Sometimes molecules are big!
• Physical chemistry of large molecules
• Organic Chemistry of large molecules
• Analytical tools for Polymer Chemistry
• Classes of Polymers
• Natural and Synthetic Polymers
• Simple Addition Polymerisation
• Condensation Polymerisation
• Real examples of useful polymers

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What is a Polymer?    What are the properties of
a polymer?    Why are polymers useful?    What
are polymers used for?    Do polymers directly
effect our lives?    How can we make
polymers?    How can we characterise polymers?
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