Basic Polymer Science part I

This course, presented by Professor John Ebdon (JRE) and Dr Barry Hunt (BJH), is designed as an introduction to the subject of polymer science and gives an overview of how this applies to a wide range of materials, processes, products and applications. If your company works with plastics, rubbers, adhesives, composites, coatings, fibres or packaging and requires some basic knowledge about polymeric materials, or have a requirement to analyse or characterise their behaviour, then this course will benefit you.

Part I of this course will give you an introduction to the science underlying the synthesis and processing of polymers, some basic information about their structures and properties and present some examples of their applications.

In Part II of the course you will learn about the range of modern instrumental techniques which can be used to analyse the structure and behaviour of polymeric materials. It will give a more detailed and in-depth view of some of the topics briefly presented in part I. Delegates can attend either of these modules independently but they are designed to complement one another and to give a comprehensive introduction to Polymer Science.

• Introduction (JRE)
• Structures and Molecular Weights (BJH)
• How Polymers are Made: Chain Reaction Polymerizations (JRE)
• Properties of Polymers: Thermal and Optical (BJH)
• How Polymers are Made: Step Reaction Polymerisations (JRE)
• Processing of Polymers (BJH)
• Properties of Polymers: Mechanical and Electrical (JRE)
• Properties of Polymers: Chemical and Solution (BJH)
• Specific Polymers and Applications (JRE)
• Question and Answer Session

Basic Polymer Science part II

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