CHEMENG 4B03 - Polymer Reaction Engineering

3 unit(s)

Kinetics of polymerization: step-growth and chain-growth (free radical, anionic, anionic coordination and cationic.) Polymerization processes: solution/bulk, suspension, emulsion, gas-phase, slurry and reactive processing. Principles of polymer process and reactor design, optimization and control.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): CHEMENG 3K04