Chemistry 317 - Intro to Polymer Chemistry
Spring
2015
01
4.00
Wei Chen
MW 11:00AM-12:15PM
Mount Holyoke College
90802
Carr 102
weichen@mtholyoke.edu
An introduction to the study of molecules of high molecular weights with emphasis on synthetic rather than naturally occurring polymers. Topics include polymerization, structures, molecular weight determination, molecular weight distribution, chain configurations, rubber elasticity, and thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of polymer solutions.
Prereq: Chemistry 302.
offered once every three years