CHEMENG 4B03 - Polymer Reaction Engineering

3 unit(s)

Kinetics of polymerization: step-growth, chain-growth (free radical, anionic, anionic coordination, cationic, Ziegler-Natta polymerization), and Co-polymerization. Polymerization processes: solution/bulk, suspension, emulsion, gas-phase, slurry, and reactive processing. Case studies: polymerization reaction and polymer design in research and industrial applications.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): CHEMENG 3K04 or permission of the Department