GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CHARACTERISATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS-I/5601304
Course Title: CHARACTERISATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS-I
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish Türkçe
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Halil İbrahim ÜNAL
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.gazi.edu.tr/~hiunal
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  hiunal@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Polymeric materials, science and industry. An overviw to the characterizations of polymeric materials. Fractionation of polymeric materials, vacuum, f
Molecular weight determinaton techniques of polymeric materials: viscosity, end group analysis, colligative properties, ultrasantrifuge, gel permeatio
Their characterizations with Pyrolysis gas chromatography and ATR-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Combustibility tests for polymeric materia
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction: The importance of characterisation in science and industry. Why to characterise the polymeric materials An overwiev to polymeric materia
2. Week  Fractionation techniques of polymeric materials: vacuum, freze-drying, selective precipitation. ,
3. Week   Molar mass determination methods: Viscosity
4. Week  Molar mass determination methods: End group analysis.
5. Week   Molar mass determination methods: colligative properties
6. Week  Molar mass determination methods: ultrasantrfuge
7. Week  Molar mass determination methods: GPC and HPGPC
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  Molar mass determination methods: Static light scattering
10. Week  Dynamic light scattering (DLS), and determination of hydrodynamic and electrokinetic properties of polymeric materials
11. Week  Thermal Characterisation: Thermal transitions and the factors effecting them, Differential scanning calorimetry, differential thermal analysis, thermo
12. Week  Thermal Characterisation: Thermogravimetric analysis
13. Week  Pyrolysis gas chromatography and ATR-FTIR to follow the degredations in polymeric materials, and synthesis of heat resistant polymers.
14. Week  Presentations of homeworks and applications on instruments
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1) Polimer Kimyası, Prof. Dr. Mehmet SAÇAK, Gazi Kitabevi, 2012, 2) Polymer Characterisation, Hunt-James, Blackie Academic and Professional, London,1993, 3) Polymer Spectroscopy, Allan H. Fawcett, John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1997. 4) Polimer Kimyası, Prof. Dr. Güneri AKOVALI, Ankara 5) Plastikler ve Plastik Teknolojisi, Ö. Tunç Savaşçı, Nurseli Uyanık, Güneri Akovalı, 2008. 6) Scattering Methods and the Properties of Polymer Materials Volume Editors: Stribeck, N., Smarsly, B. Vol. 130, 2005.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
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 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
1
10
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
50
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
10
5
50
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
5
50
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
1
5
5
 Presentation
1
4
4
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
10
1
10
 Final and Studying for Final
5
4
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
181
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.24
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X