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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Lectures: 1. Course introduction and requirements for successful completion: Basic terminology and review of key general, inorganic, and organic chemistry topics. 2. History of polymers, their applications, and raw materials: Defining the fundamental concepts of macromolecular chemistry. 3. Physical states of polymers: Crystallinity, glass transition temperature, and temperature-dependent polymer properties. 4. Molecular weight distribution of polymers: Methods of determination. Polymer synthesis: Chain and step-growth polymerizations, examples, and industrial methods. 5. Copolymers: Properties, preparation methods, and examples. 6. Elastomers: Properties, preparation methods, and examples. 7. Chemical reactions of polymers: Polymer-analogous reactions, crosslinking, depolymerization, and degradation. 8. Polymer solutions: Macromolecular shapes in solution, flow properties, and solubility theories. 9. Mechanical properties of polymers: Viscoelastic behaviour and basic theoretical models. 10. Additives in polymeric materials: Classification, types, significance, and examples. 11. Special polymers: Heat-resistant, electrically conductive, photosensitive, ion-exchange polymers and polymers used in medicine. Laboratory Exercises: 1. Laboratory safety principles: Overview of hazardous chemicals (monomers, organic solvents, initiators, etc.). 2. Identification of selected polymers via combustion tests. 3. Determination of viscosity-average molar mass of PVA. 4. Study of sorption kinetics in powdered superabsorbents. 5. Preparation of styrene by depolymerization of PS and degradation of PVC. 6. Synthesis of PA66 or PA610 through polycondensation reactions. 7. Block polymerization of PMMA. 8. Preparation of PVA from PVAc via alkaline alcoholysis. 9. Crosslinking of PVA with sodium tetraborate.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Laboratory work, Individual consultation, E-learning
- Class attendance
- 56 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course aims to introduce students to the fundamentals of macromolecular chemistry (primarily organic synthetic polymers), the essential chemical reactions leading to polymer formation, the hierarchical structure of polymers, and their relationship to the observed properties of polymeric materials. The subject matter is discussed through examples, including standard and specialized polymers, emphasizing polymers widely used in the textile industry. Laboratory exercises focus on the practical application and verification of the knowledge gained by students during lectures and the study of recommended literature.
Student acquire knowledges of subject.
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Prerequisites
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Basic knowledges about organic chemistry IT IS NOT BE EXCLUDED THAT WE WILL BE FORCED TO GO TO DISTANCE LESSONS DURING THE SEMESTER.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
Credit Requirements: 100% attendance at laboratory exercises + completed and approved laboratory reports Oral examination
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Recommended literature
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Carraher, Jr. Ch. E. Giant Molecules, Essentials Materials for Everyday Living and Problem Solving, Wiley- Inter., ISBN 0-471-27399-6..
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Elias, H.G. Macromolekules. ISBN 978-3-527-31172-9.
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Prokopová, J. Makromolekulárni chemie, skriptum VŠCHT Praha, 2004.
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Stibor, I., Schejbalová, H. Makromolekulární chemie, skriptum TUL, 2004, ISBN 80-7083-879-5.
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