Polymers

Know the main families of polymer materials.
Relate the physico-chemical, functional and mechanical properties of an organic material to its molecular and macromolecular structure and its processing method.

Fundamentals of Chemistry and Materials
Fundamentals of Polymer Structure and Morphology
Fundamentals of Mechanical and Rheological Behavior

I - Introduction
1-1 History
1-2 Economic and social context
1-3 Main fields of use
1-4 Natural polymers
1-5 Modified polymers
1-6 Synthetic polymers
1-7 Structure-property relationships
1-7-a Macromolecular structures
1-7-b Cohesion of polymers
1-7-c Morphology of polymers
1-7-d Phase transitions of polymers
1-7-e Techniques for physicochemical analysis of polymers
1-7-f Three main families of plastics
1-7-g Technical data sheets on plastics

2 - Mechanical properties of polymer materials
2-1 General information
2-2 Elastic behavior
2-3 Viscoelastic behavior
2-4 Large deformations
2-5 Time-temperature relationship
2-6 Behavioral modeling
2-7 Rheology
2-8 Analysis of an industry article
2-9 Analysis of a scientific article

3 - Processing methods for polymer materials
3-1 Process overview
3-2 Methods associated with thermoplastics
3-3 Methods associated with thermosets
3-4 Finishing techniques

Molecular Chemistry and Polymers

"Chemistry and physical chemistry of polymers", M. FONTANILLE, Y. GNANOU, Edition DUNOD.