Polymer chemistry list
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Polymer chemistry goals
Try to make an article for each of these topics
Basic definitions
Terms used to describe monomers
Terms used to describe oligomers
Terms used to describe polymers
- Chain length
- Structural unit
- Repeating unit
- Backbone and Backbone chain
- Pendant groups
- End groups
- Degree of polymerization
- Linkages
- Molecular weight distribution
- Differential molecular weight distribution
- Integral molecular weight distribution
- Molecular weight
- Number average molecular weight
- Weight average molecular weight
- Viscosity average molecular weight
- Z average molecular weight
- Z-plus-1 average molecular weight
- Polydispersity index
- Hydrodynamic radius
- Cross linking
- Critical conversion for gelation
- Number fraction
- Weight fraction
- Viscosity fraction
Types of polymers
- Homopolymer
- Copolymers
- Random polymers
- Graft polymers
- Alternating polymers
- Block polymers
- Graft polymers
- Branch polymers
- Arborescent polymers
- Dendritic polymers
Polymer structures
- Conformational isomerism
- Geometric isomerism
- Tacticity
- Stereoisomerism
- Isotactic polymer
- Syndiotactic polymer
- Atactic polymer
- Crystalline polymer
- Amorphous polymer
Types of polymerization
- Polymerization reaction
- Condensation polymerization
- Addition polymerization
- Chain polymerization
- Radical polymerization
- Anionic polymerization
- Living polymerization
- Cationic polymerization
- Interfacial polymerization
- Emulsion polymerization
- Coordinated polymerization
- Propagation modes
- Chain transfer processes
- Ring-opening polymerization
Copolymerization reactions
- Cross polymerization
- Homopolymerization
- Microstructure
- Microstructure plot
- Random copolymers
- Blocky copolymers
- Alternating copolymers
- Azeotropic copolymerization
- Integrated copolymerization equation
- Feed composition
- Average copolymer composition
- Multicomponent copolymerization
- Resonance shifts
- Drift
- Steric effects
- Polar effects
- Q-e scheme
- Curing
- Gelation
Measurement techniques used for polymers
- Size exclusion chromatography
- Universal size exclusion chromatography
- Gel permeation chromatography
- Ebrullioscopy
- Cryoscopy
- Vapour pressure depression
- Vapour pressure osmometry
- Membrane osmometry
- End group analysis
- Titration
- Light scattering
- Refractive index increment
- Zimm plot
- Differential refractometry
- UV absorbance
- Fluorescence
- Spectrofluorometer
Fluid and viscosity measurements
- Viscometry, Viscometer
- Absolute viscosity
- Relative viscosity
- Specific viscosity
- Reduced viscosity
- Elution time
- Elution volume
- Theta conditions
- Compatibility
Polymer solutions
Mechanical properties and its description
- Viscoelasticity
- Additives
- Plasticizers
- Thermal transitions
- Glassy state
- Melting
- Melt crystallization
- Spherulites
- Crystallite
- Annealing
- Row mediated structure
- Fiber drawing
- Superdrawn fibers
- Elastic modulus
- Tensile deformation
- Shear deformation
- Stress relaxation
- Maxwell element
Polymer engineering
- Molecular weight control
- Polymerizability
- Autoacceleration
- Diffusion controlled termination
- Initiator efficiency
Related topics
- Initiation
- Initiator
- Cocatalyst
- Carbenium ion
- Equilibrium
- Cyclic ethers
- Ziegler-Natta catalysis
- Metallocene catalysis
- Propagation
- Termination
- Thermoplastic elastomers
- Statistical copolymers
- Biochemistry
- Proteins
- Second virial coefficients
- Ideal solutions
- Raoult's law
- Volatility
- Poiseuille equation
- Catalyst
- Kinetic analysis
- Resonance stabilization
- Disproportionation
- Elastomer
- Polymer crystallization
- Steady state assumption
- Ion exchange resins
- Merrifield resin
- Ionomers
- Surlyn resins
- Nucleophile
- Aggregation
