1	Course Title:	POLYMER TECHNOLOGY
2	Course Code:	KIM4036
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ALİ KARA
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	nbesirli@uludag.edu.tr 0 224 29 41 721
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To give an information about industrial production of polymeric systems.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Learning polymers, applications of polymers and processing of polymers; 2 Learning the methods of polymerization; 3 Learning thermal and mechanical properties of polymers and how to determine the properties; 4 Learning industrial polymers and their qualifications;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Polymer Chemistry and General Information, Monomer, polymer, Applications of polymers, Processing of polymers
2	Polymer Synthesis, Step Polymerization, Addition polymerization, Ionic polymerization
3	Polymerization Methods, Bulk polymerization, solution polymerization
4	Suspension Polymerization, Emulsion Polymerization, Interfacial Polymerization
5	Thermal Properties of Polymers, Glass Temperature, Thermal degradation temperature
6	Thermal Properties of Polymers, Thermal transitions and the properties of polymers, Factors affecting the glass temperature
7	Thermal Characterization of Polymers, Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), Differential Scanning Thermal Analysis (DSC)
8	Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
9	Repetition of previous lessons and MIDTERM
10	Mechanical Properties of Polymers, Deformation, Stress-strain, Elastic Deformation, Viscos deformation, Stress-strain curves
11	The Effect of environment to polymers, Environment Effect, Liquid Effect, Swelling of polymers and solubility
12	Thermoplastic technologies, Specific thermoplastics, Processing of thermoplastics
13	Thermoset Technologies, Specific Thermoset polymers, processing of thermoset polymers
14	Elastomer Technologies and Polymer Composites, Vulkanization, specific elastomer types, processing of elastomers, polymer composites and applications

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1) M. Saçak, Polimer Kimyası, Gazi Kitabevi, 2004 2) M. Saçak, Polimer Teknolojisi, Gazi Kitabevi, 2005 3) B. Baysal, Polimer Kimyası, Odtü Yayınevi,1981 4) Fred W. Billmeyer, Textbook of Polymer Science,1984 5) American Chemical Society,Division of Polymer Chemistry, Contemporary topics in polymer science,1977
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	0	10	30
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	15	15
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			149
Total workload/ 30 hr			4,97
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 LO1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 LO3 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 LO4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High