Basic concepts, General mechanisms of polymerization reactions- synthesis, kinetics, techniques, Structure- property relationships of polymers.Copolymerization-mechanism-kinetics.Thermodynamics of polymer solutions, Crystal morphologies-Thermal transitions in polymers--Characterization and Testing-Molecular weight determination- Spectroscopy techniques, Thermal properties. Polymer degradation. Production, properties and applications of industrial polymers and general purpose rubbers.  Applications of polymers in materials processing(ceramic, semiconductors and metals).

phase II of Experimental work, Data analysis and Dissertation, Viva-voce

Literature Survey, Presentations, Phase 1 of experimental work

Experiments:

1.        Preparation  of a high temperature thermal insulting foam and study its microstructure, thermal diffusivity / thermal conductivity

2.        Heat treatment studies on super alloys and aluminium alloys to understand the precipitation hardening

3.        Studies on shape memory effect on Nitinol

4.        Compression tests on aerospace alloys and foams for thermal protection to evaluate the stress-strain behavior and their plastic constants