BPE501

Plastic Materials II

L-T-P3-1-0 Credits4 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Plastic Engineering · Sem 5 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units
Unit1

Unit 1

Engineering Plastics Introduction – Sources and manufacture of raw materials – basic chemistry – Methods of manufacture – Flow behaviour – General properties and applications of ‐Polyamides – Nylon 6, 66 etc.; Acetal‐Homopolymer & Co‐polymer, Polycarbonate, Thermoplastics Polyester, Polyphenylene oxide.

Unit2

Unit 2

Thermosets Introduction – Sources for raw materials – resin preparation – polymer structure, additives – curing and cross linking–agents, processing behavior, general properties and applications of Phenol formaldehyde, Urea formaldehyde, Melamine formaldehyde, Unsaturated polyesters, Polysulfones.

Unit3

Unit 3

Sources and manufacture of raw materials Basic chemistry – Methods of manufacture – Flow behaviour – General properties and applications of Fluoropolymers, Polyvinyl fluoride, Polyvinylidene fluoride, Polypheneylene oxide, Polyphenylene sulphide, Polytetrafluoroethylene, Polychlorotrifluoroethylene, Polyimidazoles, Polyetheretherketone.

Unit4

Unit 4

Thermoplastic elastomers Basic structure, Manufacture, Morphology, Commercial grades and Applications –Thermoplastic styrene block copolymers, Polyester thermoplastic elastomers, polyamide thermoplastic elastomer, Polyurethane thermoplastic elastomers.

Unit5

Unit 5

  • Speciality Polymers
  • Metallocene Polymers, High & Low Temperature Polymers, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Ultra‐high modulus fibres, Polymeric foams.
Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Understand concepts of engineering plastics and their applicationsK2
  2. CO2Understand concepts of thermoset plastics and their specific applicationsK2
  3. CO3Understand knowledge of manufacturing, properties and applications of high end application plastics.K2
  4. CO4Understand the manufacturing, properties and applications of thermoplastic elastomersK2
  5. CO5Understand knowledge of manufacturing, properties and applications of speciality plasticsK2

Text Books

  1. ‐
  2. Plastic Materials Ed 7 ‐ By Brydson, J A,1999.
  3. Hand Book of Plastics Materials & Technology ‐ By Rubin, Irwin, J,1990.
  4. Manas Chanda, Salil.K.Roy, “Plastics Technology Hand book”, 2nd edition, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1993.
  5. Matrin.T.Goosey, “Plastics for Electronics”, Elsevier, Applied Science, 1985.
  6. R.W. Dyson, “Specialty Polymers”, Chapman & Hall, 2nd edition, 1998.

References

  1. ‐
  2. Plastics Engineering Hand Book Ed. 5 & Society of the Plastic Industry Inc ‐ By SPI,1994.
  3. Plastics Materials and Processing ‐ By Schwartz & Goodman,1982.
  4. Plastics Materials (Properties & Application) ‐ By Birley & Scott,1982.
  5. Modern Plastics Hand Book ‐ By Harper, 2000.
  6. Birley; Arthur W. and Scott; Martyn J., Plastics Materials: Properties and Applications, Leonard Hill, Blackie and Sons Ltd., 1982.
  7. Biron; Michel, Thermoplastics and Thermoplastic Composites: Technical Information for Plastics Users, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007.
  8. DuBois; P, Plastics in Agriculture, Applied Science Publishers Ltd., London 1978
  9. H.F.Mark, (Ed), “Encyclopedia of polymer Science & Engineering”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989.
  10. Johannes Karl Fink, ‘Handbook of Engineering and Speciality Thermoplastics’, Volume
  11. Water Soluble Polymers, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersy, 2011.
  12. David Kaplan ,’’Biopolymers from renewable resources” ,Springer,1998.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 5, 6 of the original AKTU PDF.

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