RP5311: Polymer Science Lab Syllabus for RPT 3rd Sem 2019 Regulation Anna University

Polymer Science Lab detailed syllabus for Rubber & Plastic Technology (RPT) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the RPT students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Rubber & Plastic Technology 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit RPT 3rd Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of polymer science lab is as follows.

Course Objective:

• To make the students to acquire practical skills in the following:
• Identification of different plastics materials
• Synthesis of different plastics materials by various polymerization techniques
• Determination of densityMolecular weight of polymers
• Determination of EEW of epoxy resin and acid value of polyester resin

List of Experiments:

1. Synthesis of Polymers.
2. Bulk polymerization – Preparation of Polymethyl methacrylate.
3. Solution Polymerization – Preparation of polyacrylamide
4. Preparation of Phenol-Formaldehyde, UF and MF resins.
5. Density Determination
6. Identification of Polymers
7. Measurement of viscosity of polymer solution sand determination of molecular weight of the polymer.
8. Determination of K value of PVC
9. Determination of acid value of a Polyester resin.
10. Determination of EEW
11. Study of Molecular weight distribution (GPC)
12. Study ofThermal Stability of polymers

Course Outcome:

• Capability to identify plastics materials
• Able to synthesize various types of polymers
• Able to measure viscosity of polymer solutions.
• Able to determine molecular weight and density of polymers.

References:

1. ASTM Standards, Vol. 8 and 9, ASTM Internation, 1995.
2. Ashraf S.M, Sharif Ahamed, UfanaRiaz, ” A Laboratory Manual of Polymers”, I.K International Publishing House Pvt Ltd, 2009
3. Stanley R. Sandler, Wolf Karo, JoAnne Bonesteel, Eli M. Pearce,” Polymer Synthesis and Characterization: A Laboratory Manual,” Academic Press, 1998.

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Rubber & Plastic Technology, 2019 regulation curriculum do visit RPT 3rd Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.

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