Polymer Chemistry ((3 Units))

Catalog description

Prerequisite: CHEM 263 or permission. This undergraduate course provides the fundamental bases for understanding and comprehending the basic principles associated with the synthesis of polymers using a number of traditional and contemporary polymerization techniques with an emphasis on the mechanisms, kinetics, stereochemistry and resulting properties of the polymers. Students are expected to have a strong foundation in mathematics, physics and chemistry. (Formerly 9871:403)