ERCIYES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING TEXTILE

ERCIYES UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
TEXTILE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
I. General Information
Course Title
TEKP 201 Introduction to Polymer Chemistry
Term
Spring
Department
Textile Engineering
LOCAL CREDIT: 3
ECTS CREDIT: 6
Coordinator
Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail KARACAN
Erciyes University, Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Textile Engineering, 38039 Kayseri, TURKEY
E-mail: [email protected]
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II. Course Information
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Synthesis, production, chemical and mechanical properties of synthetic fibres. Comparison of
conventional and high performance fibres. Industrial applications.
COURSE PRECONDITIONS:
Only undergraduate students are accepted for the course
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this course, students will be able to: gaib knowledge about the basic foundations of
polymer chemisty, importance of polymers in daily life and textile industry, properties of polymers.
TEXTBOOK:
1-Texbook of Polymer Science, Fred W. Billmeyer
2-Physical Properties of Textile Fibres, W.E. Morton and J.W.S. Hearle
3-Handbook of Textile Fibres (MMF Fibers), J. Gordon Cook
GRADING:
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Midterm ( 40 %)
Final exam (60 %)
TOPICS: (14 Weeks)
(1. Week) Referances, lecture contents, the importance of polymer chemsitry, development of
polymer chemsitry, production and consumption of polymers in Turkey and in the World
(2. Week) Basic polymer definitions and terms:
(3. Week) Classification of polymer, homopolymer, copolymer, copolymer types, Thermoplastic
and thermosetting polymers, resins, elastomers.
(4. Week) Naming of polymers, rawn materials used in the polymerization of polymers
(5. Week) Polymer synthesis
(6. Week) Properties of polymer based fibres
(7. Week) Mid-term examination
(8. Week)Thermal properties of polymers, glass transition temperature.
(9. Week) Molecular structure of polymer based fibres, kristalization, factors affecting
crystallization, Calculation of crystallinity
(10. Week) Mechanics of crystallization, drawing, molecular elasticity
(11. Week) Polymer fibre Technologies, melt spinning, gel-spinning and physical and chemical
properties of fibres produced from such methods
(12. Week) Solutin spinning methods, physical and chemical properties of fibres produced from
such methods
(13. Week) Jelden lif çekim yöntemi ve lif özellikleri
(14. Hafta) High Performance fibre fibre production Technologies based on chemical methods
OUTCOME COVERAGE:
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Apply math, science and engineering knowledge.
Design a system, component or process to meet desired needs.
Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.