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TABLE C.1
Preferred Topics in Introductory Polymers
Amount of
Topic course time (%) Chapter
Introduction 5 1
Morphology 10 2
Stereochemistry
Molecular interactions
Crystallinity/amorphousity
Molecular weights 10 3
General types
Solubility
Testing and characterization 10 13, 14
Structure/property relationships
Physical tests
Spectral identifi cation
Stepwise polymerizations and condensation polymers 10 4
Chain-reaction polymerizations and addition polymers 10 5, 6
Ionic and free radical kinetics of polymerization
Polymers produced by chain-reaction polymerization
Copolymerization 10 7
Kinetics
Types of copolymers
Blends
Principle copolymers
Optional topics 35
Natural and biomedical polymers 9, 10
Organometallic polymers 11
Inorganic polymers 12
Reactions of polymers 16
Rheology (flow properties, viscoelasticity) 14

Additives 15
Synthesis of polymer reactants 17
Polymer technology 18

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