Polymer Characterization (GATE XE) — Study Resources & PYQs
Solubility and swelling; Concept of molecular weight distribution and its significance; Concept of average molecular weight; Determination of number average, weight average, viscosity average and Z-average molecular weights; Glass transition; Melting transition; Amorphous and crystalline states of polymers; Orientation in polymers and polymer crystallinity; Factors affecting crystallinity; Analysis of polymers using IR, XRD, thermal (DSC, DMTA, TGA); Microscopic (optical and electronic) techniques; GPC; Mooney viscosity; Morphology and microstructure (SEM,TEM, AFM).