Chemical and physical properties of plastics

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Department of Materials Engineering

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The lectures cover the entire range of non-metallic engineering materials, a majority of them are devoted to polymer materials which are most frequently used in mechanical engineering and the volume of their consumption highly exceeds that of the rest of non-metallic materials. The lectures reveal the relationships between the physical and chemical properties of polymer materials. Emphasis is placed on explaining and understanding the specific concepts and their interrelations.

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1.Basics of polymer chemistry

2.Additives for plastics and their function

3.Molecular and supermolecular structure of polymers

4.Physical and chemical properties of polymers

5.Thermal properties of polymers

6.Mechanical propertries, temperature and time dependencies

7.Fracture behaviour of polymeric materials

8.Tribological properties of polymers

9.Polymer blends and alloys

10.Degradation processes in polymers

11.Overview of engineering plastics and specific properties of individual types

12.Technical rubbers, structure and properties

13.Structural ceramics, crystal structure and properties

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