3 credits
Spring 2026 Lecture Upper Division
Analyze properties of polymers and correlate them to chemical structure. Apply methods and mechanisms of polymer chemistry to industrial and laboratory synthesis. Examine the kinetic and design factors that control polymer structures. Offered in alternate years.
Learning Outcomes1Student will understand, predict and design polymer properties based on polymer structure and how and why certain reactions take place through mechanistic means.
2Be able to produce a polymer structure based on known reactants and retrosynthetically design a chemical route to a variety of polymer structures.
3Intuitively grasp the kinetic factors involved to predict such things as molecular weight, polydispersity, and others.
4Understand polymer chemistry in relation to everyday materials and why industrial practice is as is.
Prerequisites
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