Description: Topics include the advanced theory and industrial practice of polymers, polymer chemistry, and polymer reactor engineering. The course covers polymer chemistry and polymerization kinetics for various types of polymerization including condensation, free radical, cationic, anionic, and coordination polymerization; polymerization processes including bulk, solution, emulsion, dispersion, gas phase, and slurry processes; polymer reactor engineering, polymer materials structure and property characterization, and recent developments in the field are included. A project is required.
Component(s): Lecture