Polymer Chemistry

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Polymers are an integral part of everyday life and essential in almost every industrial field. The course will cover the basics of polymer nomenclature, molecular weight, naturally occurring polymers, inorganic polymers, functional polymers, step-reaction polymerization, free radical chain polymerization, ionic polymerization, coordination polymerization, ring-opening polymerization, copolymerization, and testing and characterization of polymers.