Transfer Student Courses in Macromolecular Science (Division 425)

Winter Term, 2000 (January 5 - April 26, 2000)

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Section 001.

Instructor(s): Kumar

Prerequisites & Distribution: Material Sci. 350. (3). (Excl). (BS).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Theory and practice of polymer melt processing. Non-Newtonian flow; extrusion, injection and molding operations; fiber, film, and rubber processing; kinetics of solidification; mechanical orientation; product characterization; structure-property relations.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): David Martin (milty@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Senior or graduate standing in engineering or physical science. (3). (Excl). (BS).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Structure and properties of polymers as related to their composition, annealing and mechanical treatments. Topics include creep, stress relaxation, dynamic mechanical properties, viscoelasticity, transitions, fracture, impact response, dielectric properties, permeation, and morphology.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Richard Robertson (rer@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Chem. 463. (3). (Excl). (BS).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Among the topics covered are the thermodynamics of mixtures, the Flory-Huggins theory of polymer solutions, more modern theories of polymer solutions, the size and shape of macromolecular chains in solution and in bulk, rubber elasticity, polymer adsorption behavior, and polymer diffusion and scaling theories. The course begins with a short, intense review of thermodynamics, but a grounding in the subject to at least the level of Chemistry 463 (Physical Chemistry) is required. There will be a textbook. Several original papers will be assigned for study.