Course Offerings: Polymer

Contents 1.      Basic definitions: Monomers, polymers, polymerization reactions. Polymer structure, nomenclature. Molecular weight distributions and average molecular weights. 2.      Chain conformations: End-to-end distance, radius of gyration, molecular dimensions, excluded volume. 3.      Molecular weight measurements: Colligative properties, osmometry, light scattering, viscosity, gel permeation ...

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