Polymer Chemistry
Code
10412
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências dos Materiais
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Maria Helena Figueiredo Godinho
Weekly hours
5
Teaching language
Português
Subject matter
Introductory concepts; basic definitions; concept of a polymer; polymer nomenclature (common nomenclature).
Polymer molecular weights (degree of polymerization).
Polymerization processes. Reactivity of functional groups. Rate of polycondensation reactions. Uncatalyzed (self-catalyzed) polyesterification. Catalyzed polyesterification. Multi chain or nonlinear step polymerization. Branching. Cross-linking. Dendritic polymers.
Chain polymerization. Introduction. Binary copolymer equation. Types of copolymerization; alternating copolymerization, ideal, random. Evaluation of monomer reactivity ratios.
Polymer modification reactions.
Characterization of polymers
Industrial applications
Bibliography
1 - Introduction to Polymer Chemistry (2nd edition), C.E. Carraher, CRC Press, London, 2010.
2 - Chimie Macromoléculaire, G. Champetier, vol. I, Hermann, Paris, 1970.
3 - Organic Chemistry of Synthetic High Polymers, R.W. Lenz, Interscience, London, 1967.
4 - The Chemistry of Polymers, J.W. Nicholson, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1991.
Laboratory Preparation for Macromolecular Chemistry, E.M. Macaffery, Macaffery, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1970 (Laboratório).
Química dos Polímeros, J. Sérgio de Melo, M.J. Moreno, H. Burrows, M.H. Gil, Coimbra – Imprensa da Universidade, Coimbra, 2004 (Laboratório).