| NAME OF THE COURSE |
Polymers Characterization |
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Course teacher |
Prof Nataša Stipanelov Vrandečić |
Credits (ECTS) |
5.0 |
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Associate teachers |
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Type of instruction (number of hours) |
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Status of the course |
Elective |
Percentage of application of e-learning |
0 % |
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| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
Course objectives |
To provide an understanding of thermodynamic and kinetic behavior of polymers, polymer solutions and melts as a base for their characterization. |
Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course |
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Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes) |
After the successfully passed exam student should be able to:
- describe specific characteristics of polymers, polymer solutions and melts
- describe relation between structure and properties of polymers
- characterise polymers by selected analytical techniques
- determine thermal characteristics of polymer
- perform complex experiment in laboratory and to interpret collected data
- participate in team work and to present results of investigation |
Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) |
1st week: Introduction. Statistics of polymer chain.
2nd week: Conformation of polymer molecules in dilute solution, distribution function.
3rd week: Polymer solutions: swelling and solution of polymers, solubility parameters.
4th week: Statistical thermodynamics of polymer solutions.
5th week: Theory of dilute polymer solutions.
6th week: Phase equlibrium in polymer systems: binary systems, ternary systems
7th week: Theory of fractionation. Methods of fractionation
8th week: Repetition and first test.
9th week: Polydispersity of polymers and its determination
10th week: Methods of determination of the average molecular masses and average dimensions of polymeric coils: osmometry, light-scattering
11th week: Diffusion and ultracentrifugation, viscometry
12th week: Flow of concentrated polymer solutions and polymer melts: rheological methods, flow curves
13th week: The relation between flow and molecular parameters, relation between flow and polymeric melts temperature
14th week: Viscosity of concentrated polymeric solutions
15th week: Repetition and second test.
Laboratory exercises:
1. Swelling of polymeric materials
2. Fractionation of polymer by fractional precipitation method
3. Turbidimetric titration
4. Determination of molecular mass by viscometry
5. Determination of viscosity of concentrated polymer solutions by rotational viscometer
6. Determination of thermal characteristics of polymers |
Format of instruction: |
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Student responsibilities |
Lecture attendance: 80 %. Laboratory exercises attendance: 100 %. The preparation and presentation of seminar essay (team work) |
Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course): |
Class attendance |
1.0 |
Research |
0.0 |
Practical training |
0.0 |
Experimental work |
1.0 |
Report |
0.2 |
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Essay |
0.0 |
Seminar essay |
0.0 |
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Tests |
2.8 |
Oral exam |
1.4 |
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Written exam |
1.4 |
Project |
0.0 |
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Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam |
CONTINUOUS EVALUATION
The complete exam can be passed through two partial tests during semester.
Attendance on lectures, A1(successfulness =70 -100 %), share in grade, k1 =0,10
Laboratory exercises, A2(successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k2 =0,20
1st test, A3 (successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k3 =0,35
2nd test, A4 (successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k4 =0,35
GRADE (%) = 0,10A1+0,20A2 + 0,35A3+ 0,35A4
FINAL EVALUATION
Students who did not take or pass partial tests have to attend to written and oral exam in the regular exam periods.
Activities A1 and A2 are evaluated in the same way as indicated above.
Written exam, A5 (successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k5 =0,20
Oral exam, A6 (successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k6 =0,40
GRADE (%) = 0,10A1+0,15A2 + 0,20A5 + 0,40A6
FINAL GRADE: successful (50% – 61 %), good (62% – 74 %), very good (75% – 87 %), excellent (88% – 100 %).
In the case that student passed only one test during continuous evaluation, he/she have to attend to written and oral exam in the regular exam periods. The passed test will be recognized by the end of the academic year as a part of the written exam. |
Required literature (available in the library and via other media) |
Title |
Number of copies in the library |
Availability via other media |
N. Stipanelov Vrandečić: Karakterizacija polimera, recenzirani nastavni materijali, Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet, Split, 2012. |
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web knjižnica KTF-a |
I. Klarić: Karakterizacija polimera, Interna skripta, Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet, Split, 2010. |
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web knjižnica KTF-a |
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Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal) |
L.H. Sperling, Introduction to Physical Polymer Science, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992.
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Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences |
Quality of the teaching and learning, monitored at the level of the (1) teachers, accepting suggestions of students and colleagues, and (2) faculty, conducting surveys of students on teaching quality.
Quality assurance will be performed at three levels:
(1) University Level;
(2) Faculty Level by Quality Control Committee;
(3) Lecturer’s Level. |
Other (as the proposer wishes to add) |
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