The students will gain general knowledge in polymer and the different methods to synthesize them.

I –Polymer materials
Generalities
Polymer types
Product design and manufacture

II –Molecular engineering
Understanding the polymer state
Chain repeat units
Chain configuration
Chain conformations
Physical State
Molecular mass distribution

III –Polymerization
Understanding the polymerization process
Chain growth polymerization
radical polymerization
ionic polymerization
Co-ordination polymerization
Step growth polymerization
Polycondensation
Polyaddition

IV –Kinetics of polymerizations
Step growth polymerization
Polymer molecular size
Kinetics of step growth polymerization
Chain growth polymerization
Nature of radical chain polymerization
Rate of radical chain polymerization
Molecular weight
Energetic characteristics

You will learn:
•concepts and definitions of monomers units, degree of polymerization, homopolymers
• concepts and definition of copolymers, nomenclature and classification
• chain structure, microstructure, conformation of chain
• about the average molecular weights and polydispersity
• about thermoplastics, thermosets, elestomers

You will be able to:
• process the polymerization methods : step-growth and chain-growth polymerization
• to choose the best ideal condition for any polymerization method
• Determine the kinetics constants ot the different polymerization methods