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Polymers Production and Processing

Classroom based course with study materials, lecturer support and CPD Hours included


London Training For Excellence

Summary

Price
£4,560 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
5 days · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

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Overview

Polymeric materials are nowadays employed in a multitude of applications, due to their wide spectrum of chemical, physical and mechanical properties. For this reason, polymeric materials play an important role on the chemical industry and more in general on the global economy. This programme provides a bird’s eye vision about the methods to produce different typologies of polymers and about the processing techniques used to obtain valuable finished products.

Description

Day 1

  • Introduction
  • Explanation about the terminology used
  • Classification of the polymers
  • Most common polymers and their application
  • Polymer characterization
  • Stress-strain curve

Day 2

  • Polymer constitution, conformation and configuration
  • Polymer morphology
  • Polymer crystallinity
  • Molar mass distribution
  • Degree of polymerization
  • Polymer in solution

Day 3

  • Glass transition temperature
  • Viscoelasticity
  • Melt flow index
  • Polymerization
  • Addition vs Condensation polymerization
  • Chain-growth vs Step-growth polymerization
  • Suspension polymerization
  • Solution polymerization
  • Emulsion polymerization
  • Bulk polymerization

Day 4

  • Polymer blending
  • Polymer processing methods
  • Extrusion process
  • Moulding process (injection moulding, blow moulding, rotational moulding)
  • Calendering
  • Compounding
  • Thermoforming

Day 5

  • Production of reinforced resins
  • Filament winding
  • Pultrusion
  • Polymer functionalization
  • Polymer degradation and environmental issues

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