Chimica | MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

cod. 0522300011

MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

	0522300011
	DIPARTIMENTO DI CHIMICA E BIOLOGIA "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"

	CHEMISTRY
	2015/2016

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	CHIM/04	6	48	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY INVOLVED IN THE REACTIONS BY WHICH POLYMER MOLECULES ARE SYNTHESIZED. THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE POLYMERIZATION REACTIONS AND THEIR KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC FEATURES, USEFUL FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLYMER STRUCTURES, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INDENTIFY THE PROCESS CONDITIONS AND THE REACTION PARAMETERS, WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE IN CONTROLLING POLYMERIZATION RATES, POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES SUCH AS BRANCHING AND CROSSLINKING. IT IS MY INTENTION TO GIVE THE STUDENT THE LEARNING SKILLS TO UNDERTAKE FURTHER STUDIES WITH SOME AUTONOMY, MAKING FAMILIAR THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY INVOLVED IN THE REACTIONS BY WHICH POLYMER MOLECULES ARE SYNTHESIZED. THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE POLYMERIZATION REACTIONS AND THEIR KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC FEATURES, USEFUL FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLYMER STRUCTURES, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INDENTIFY THE PROCESS CONDITIONS AND THE REACTION PARAMETERS, WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE IN CONTROLLING POLYMERIZATION RATES, POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES SUCH AS BRANCHING AND CROSSLINKING. IT IS MY INTENTION TO GIVE THE STUDENT THE LEARNING SKILLS TO UNDERTAKE FURTHER STUDIES WITH SOME AUTONOMY, MAKING FAMILIAR THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE.

	Prerequisites
	IT IS INTENDED THAT THE COURSE BE USEFUL TO STUDENTS WITH VERY LOW KNOWLEDGE OF THE MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE. IT DEALS THE POLYMER SYNTHESIS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVE. EACH TOPIC IS PRESENTED WITH MINIMAL ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE STUDENT’S BACKGROUND, EXCEPT FOR THE BASIC ORGANIC AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY.

	Contents
	PHYSICAL STATE OF POLYMERS. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES. STEP POLYMERIZATION. REACTIVITY OF FUNCTIONAL GROUPS. ANALYSIS OF POLYMERIZATION KINETICS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS. THERMODYNAMICS. MOLECULAR WEIGHT CONTROL AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION. CHAIN POLYMERIZATIONS. RADICAL VERSUS IONIC POLYMERIZATION. MODES OF PROPAGATION. INITIATION IN RADICAL POLYMERIZATION. KINETICS OF CHAIN POLYMERIZATION. POLYINSERTION PROCESSES. COPOLYMERIZATION. VULCANIZATION SOME INDUSTRIAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES. POLYMERS FROM SUSTAINABLE SOURCE

Contents

PHYSICAL STATE OF POLYMERS. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES.
STEP POLYMERIZATION. REACTIVITY OF FUNCTIONAL GROUPS. ANALYSIS OF POLYMERIZATION KINETICS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS. THERMODYNAMICS. MOLECULAR WEIGHT CONTROL AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION. CHAIN POLYMERIZATIONS. RADICAL VERSUS IONIC POLYMERIZATION. MODES OF PROPAGATION. INITIATION IN RADICAL POLYMERIZATION. KINETICS OF CHAIN POLYMERIZATION. POLYINSERTION PROCESSES. COPOLYMERIZATION. VULCANIZATION
SOME INDUSTRIAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES. POLYMERS FROM SUSTAINABLE SOURCE