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POLYMER DICTIONARIES & GLOSSARIES

POLYMER COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, ETC.

POLYMER CHEMISTRY COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, ETC.

POLYMER PHYSICS COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, ETC.

POLYMER COLLOIDS PHYSICS COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, ETC.

POLYMER & COPOLYMER CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ETC.

Polymer Dictionaries & Glossaries


GLOSSARY OF POLYMER TERMINOLOGY – G.C. Rutledge,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Mutimedia Glossary of Polymer Terminology (Text & Images).
For more information see

Gregory C. Rutledge’s Home Page or the

Department of Chemical Engineering

Introduction to Plastics Technology


PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY – Plastics Technology,
Gardner Business Media, Inc.
Multimedia Plastics Technology Technical Reports (Text & Images).
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.

Examples of “Plastics Technology” Categories & Subcategories include

Knowledge Centers
“…Electric Injection Molding;

Plastics Drying;

Plastics Feeding;

Rapid Parts Production; etc…”

Primary Processing

“…Blow Molding;

Extrusion;

Injection Molding;

Thermoforming…”

Materials

“…Materials;

Additives;

Engineering Thermoplastics;

Nanocomposites;

Polyolefins;

Thermoplastic Elastomers; etc…”

Material Prep & Handling;

Tooling; etc.

For more information see

Plastics Technology or

Gardner Business Media, Inc.

Undergraduate Polymer Physical Science Courses, Lectures & Textbooks


POLYMER PHYSICAL SCIENCE – A.B. Brennan,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
College of Engineering,
University of Florida
Multimedia Polymer Physical Science Course (Text & Images).
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.

Examples from over “28” “Polymer Physical Science” Course Lectures include

“…Chain Conformations;

Random – Flight Analysis;

Rubber Elasticity;

Swollen Networks;

Glass Transition Trends;

Crystallinity; etc…”

For more information see the

Brennan Research Group or the

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Undergraduate Polymer Processing Courses, Lectures & Textbooks


POLYMER PROCESSING – A.B. Brennan,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
College of Engineering,
University of Florida
Multimedia Polymer Processing Course (Text & Images).
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.

Examples of “Polymer Processing” Course Lectures include

“…Polymeric Materials Structure-Property Behavior;

Rheology of Polymer Melts;

Injection Molding Operations;

Blow Molding;

Injection Blow Molding;

Processing Variables; etc…”

For more information see the

Brennan Research Group or the

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Undergraduate Polymer Rheology & Processing Courses, Lectures & Textbooks


POLYMER RHEOLOGY & PROCESSING – E. Manias,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences,
Pennsylvania State University
Multimedia Polymer Rheology & Processing Course (Text & Images).
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.

Examples from over “29” “Polymer Rheology & Processing” Course Lectures include

“…Tensors;

Linear Viscoelasticity;

Oscillatory Shear;

Rouse Model;

Non-linear Viscoelasticity;

Rheometry;

Injection Molding;

Extrusion;

Residence Time;

Blow Molding;

Rotational Molding; etc…”

For more information see

Evangelos Manias’ Research Group Website;

Evangelos Manias’ Faculty Home Page or the

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Undergraduate Polymer Characterization Courses, Lectures, etc.


POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION LAB – G. Beaucag,
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences,
Univeristy of Cincinnati
Multimedia Polymer Characterization Lab & Polymer Characterization Course (Text & Images).
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.

Examples of “Polymer Characterization” Course Lectures include

“…Melt Viscosity;

Polymer Melt Rheology;

Viscometric Flow;

PDMS Reaction Data;

Static Tensile Behavior of Polymers;

Stress Strain Behavior of Polymers;

Deformation Morphologies and Toughening of Polymer Systems;

Thermal Analysis;

Crystallinity: Polymer Morphology;

Polymer Physics: The Isolated Polymer Chain;

Polymer Physics: Concentrated Solutions and Melts;

Electromagnetic Radiation in Analysis;

X-ray Diffraction Methods in Polymer Science; etc…”

For more information see

Greg Beaucage and Research Group Page or the

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Undergraduate Polymer Colloids Courses, Lectures, etc.


POLYMER COLLOIDS – Key Centre for Polymers & Colloids (KCPC),
University of Sydney, Australia
Multimedia Polymer Colloids Course (Text & Images).
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.

Examples of “Polymer Colloids” Course Chapters & Subchapters include

Addition Polymerisation
“…Sources of Petroleum;

Introduction to Cracking;

Catalytic Cracking of Petroleum;

Properties of Alkanes and Alkenes;

Poly(ethene) as a Polymer;

Free Radical Polymerisation; etc…”

Equilibria & Process Control – Reaction Control

“…Revision of Equilibria;

Temperature Dependence of Equilibrium Constants;

Nylon66 – an industrial example; etc…”

Condensation Polymerisation;

Ehtanl from Plants;

Soaps & Detergents; etc.

For more information see

KCPC for Polymer and Colloids or the

Key Centre for Polymers & Colloids (KCPC)

Undergraduate Polymer Physics Courses, Lectures, etc.


POLYMER PHYSICS – E.L. Thomas,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
MIT OpenCourseWare,
MIT
Multimedia Polymer Physics Course (Text & Images).
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.

Polymer Physics

“…presents the mechanical, optical, and transport properties of polymers
with respect to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers
in melt, solution, and solid state. Topics include conformation and
molecular dimensions of polymer chains in solutions, melts, blends,
and block copolymers;…”

Examples from over “”22” “Polymer Physics” Course Lectures include

“…Polymer Blends;

Viscosity;

Osmometry;

Osmometry;

SEC (Size Exclusion Chromatography) and GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography);

Scattering;

Zimm Plots;

Gels;

Flory-Rehner Theory;

Intermaterial Dividing Surface (IMDS);

Polymer-Based Photonics;

Photonic Crystals;

Block Copolymer-Homopolymer Blends;

Chain Folding;

Polyethylene and Nylon;

Spherulites; etc…”

For more information see

Polylmer Physics Home Page;

Materials Science and Engineering Courses;

Department of Materials Science and Engineering or the

MIT OpenCourseWare

Graduate Polymer Courses, Lectures & Textbooks


POLYMER COMPOSITES – A.B. Brennan,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
College of Engineering,
University of Florida
Multimedia Polymer Composites Course (Text & Images).
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.

Examples of “Polymer Composites” Course Lectures include

“…Hybrid Systems: Surface Treatments – Silanes;

Rheology of Polymer Melts;

Surface Grafting;

Surface Reorganization;

Fiber Terminology – Structure; etc…”

For more information see the

Brennan Research Group or the

Department of Materials Science and Engineering


THE MORPHOLOGY OF COMPLEX MATERIALS – G. Beaucag,
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences,
Univeristy of Cincinnati
Multimedia Morphology of Complex Materials Course (Text & Images).
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.

Examples of “The Morphology of Complex Materials” Course Subject Categories & Lectures include

Protein Structure
“…Secondary Structure Index;

Tertiary Structure Index;

Quaternary Structure Index;

Amphiphilic; BCP Modeling; etc…”

Block Copolymers;

Polymer Chain Structure and Dynamics

“…Chain Scaling; Brownian Motion;

Statistical Dynamic Hierarchies in Polymers; etc…”

Polymer Crystalline Structure from a Hierarchical perspective;

Fractal Aggregate Hierarchy; etc.

For more information see

Greg Beaucage and Research Group Page or the

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Copolymer Equation Calcaltors, Applets, etc.


COPOLYMER EQUATION (JAVA APPLET) – John A. Nairn,
Department of Wood Science and Engineering,
College of Forestry,
Oregon State University
VERY EXTENSIVE.

Under “Java Applications” Click on “Copolymer Equation Calculator”.

Copolymer Equation Calculator

“…plots the copolymer equation and lets you explore the effect of
varying the parameters…The copolymer equation lets you predict
the composition of the polymer as a function of the current
ratio of monomers and the relative reactivities for
monomers reacting with themselves or with the comonomer…”

For more information see

Computer Software;

John A. Nairn’s Home Page;

John A. Nairn’s Faculty Home Page or the

Department of Wood Science and Engineering

Polymer Calculators & Applets


POLYMER CHEMISTRY (APPLETS & HTML5) – GuanHua Chen,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Hong Kong,
& Pirika.com
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see

Polymer Chemistry or

Pirika.com: Java, HTML5 & Chemistry Site

Some examples from over “8” Polymer Chemistry Calculators include

Monte Carlo Simulation with Estimated Activation Energy and Frequency Factor Calculator


Estimaton of Activation energy and Frequency Factor Calculator


Co-polymer Properties Estimation Calculator

POLYMER MATERIALS DATABASES – PLASTICS MATERIALS DATABASES

Plastics Materials Databases


MATERIAL DATA CENTER – Material Data Center,
M-Base Engineering + Software GmbH
Multimedia Plastics Material Database (Text & Images).
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.

Material Data Center

“…offers the plastics industry’s best quality data on materials and their applications.
The system offers comprehensive intuitive and intelligent tools…”

For more information see

Material Data Center or

M-Base Engineering + Software GmbH

Polymer Materials Databases


MATERIALS DATABASE – Automation Creations, Inc.
Multimedia Materials Database (Text & Images).

Materials Database Subject Categories include:

Thermoplastic Polymers; Thermoset Polymers; Superalloys;

Ferrous Metals; Nonferrous Metals;

Other Engineering Materials
“…Aerogel; Composites; Carbon; Glass; Wood;

Lubricants; Oils; etc…”

Pure Metallic Element; Ceramics; etc.

Depending on Marterial, Database Descriptions include:

“…Material Notes; Applications; Physical Properties;

Mechanical Properties: Hardness, Tensile Strength, etc.;

Electrical Properties; Optical Properties;


Thermal Properties; Processing Properties;

Descriptive Properties; References; etc…”

For more information see

MatWeb


SYNTHETIC POLYMER MALDI RECIPES SEARCH FORM – Chemical Informatics Research Group,
Chemical Sciences Division,
Material Measurement Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.
Multimedia Synthetic Polymer Maldi Recipes Database (Text & Images).

Synthetic Polymer MALDI Recipes Database

“…consists of methods, taken largely from the peer-review
scientific literature, for matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI)
mass spectrometry on a wide variety of synthetic polymers. These methods have
not necessarily been tested by the Characterization and Measurement Group of
the Polymers Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
nor does NIST claim…”

For more information see the

Chemical Informatics Research Group;

Chemical Sciences Division;

Material Measurement Laboratory or the

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

PLASTICS ENGINEERING COURSES, LECTURES, CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ETC.

PLASTICS ENGINEERING DICTIONARIES & GLOSSARIES

PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY TEXTBOOKS, COURSES, ETC.

Plastics & Polymers Dictionaries & Glossaries


GLOSSARY OF POLYMER TERMINOLOGY – G.C. Rutledge,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Mutimedia Glossary of Polymer Terminology (Text & Images).
For more information see

Gregory C. Rutledge’s Home Page or the

Department of Chemical Engineering

Plastics Converying Courses, Lessons, Textbooks, etc.


PLASTICS CONVEYING – Gardner Publications, Inc
Mulimedia Plastics Conveying Lessons (Text & Images).
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.

Examples of “Plastics Conveying” Subject Categories includes

“…Plastics Conveying System Economics;

System Operation;

System Types;

System Design

System Components;

Controls; etc…”

For more information see

Plastics Technology

Plastics Engineering Design Lectures, Lessons & Technical Publications


DESIGNER PLASTICS MODULE – J.R. Bleeke and R.F. Frey,
Department of Chemistry,
Washington University in St. Louis,
St. Louis, Missouri
Multimedia Chemistry Laboratory Lessons (Text & Images).

Designer Plastics Modules

“…is appropriate for a general chemistry course directed at chemistry majors,
pre-medical students, and engineering students…”

Examples of “Designer Plastics” Lessons include

“…Ethylene Polymerization;

The Mechanism of Ethylene Polymerization Using a Homogeneous Zirconium Catalyst;

The Mechanism of Propylene Polymerization Using a Homogeneous Zirconium Catalyst; etc…”

For more information see

Chemistry Lecture Modules;

Chemistry Laboratory Modules;

Chemistry Educational Resources or the

Department of Chemistry

MOLD TECHNOLOGY COURSES, LESSONS, TEXTBOOKS, ETC.

MOLD TECHNOLOGY COURSES – DME Plastics University,
DME Company LLC
Multimedia Mold Technology Courses (Text, Images & Animations).
VERY VERY VERY…EXTENSIVE.

Examples of “Mold Technology” Courses include

“…Mold Print Reading;

Mold Base Technology;

Mold/Cavity Materials;

Runner/Gate Design;

Mold Finishing/Polish;

Injection Molding; etc….”

For more information see

Resources or

DME Company LLC

INJECTION MOLDING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS)

INJECTION MOLDING COST CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS


INJECTION MOLDING COST ESTIMATORS – CustomPartNet Corporation,
Olney, Maryland
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see

Widgets – Calculators or

Custompartnet.com

INJECTION MOLDING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS

INJECTION MOLDING CALCULATORS – CustomPartNet Corporation,
Olney, Maryland
VERY EXTENSIVE.

Injection Molding Calculators include

“…Clamping Force Calculator;

Cooling Time Calculator;

Thermal Diffusivity Calculator…”

For more information see

Widgets – Calculators or

Custompartnet.com