YTT 505E - Material Science for Tech.Tex.

Course Objectives

1. Present a basic understanding of the struture of polymer chains in solution and methods to
characterize polymers in solution.
2. Understand the structure of polymers in the solid state and describe the effects of structural
organization understanding the viscoelastic behavior of polymer melts.
3. To undestand the manufacturing methods and applications of high performance polimeric
materials in innovative technical textile applications.
4. To give an understanding on the importance of materials science for engineering
applications.
5. To give an understanding on the material selection and design using material science
knowledge.

Course Description

A general introduction to materials science. The nature of polymer materials and polymer microstructure:
including branching, networks, tacticity and copolymers. Polymer synthesis: step-growth and chain
polymerizations;
Kinetics of polymerization: the kinetics of step growth and free radical chain polymerizations; relationship
to molecular weight. Statistics of step-growth polymerization: the use of statistics in describing molecular
weight distributions in step-growth polymerization. Copolymerization: the kinetics of free radical
copolymerization. Structure: chain conformations, amorphous polymers, and the morphology of semi-
crystalline polymers. Crystallization, melting and the glass transition: an introduction to crystallization
kinetics, melting and glass formation. Polymer solutions: the Flory-Huggins theory and phase behavior.
Polymer Characterization; measurement of molecular weight; mechanical and rheological properties.
Structure properties relationship in polimeric materials. Ultimate applications of high performance
polymeric materials. Crystal geometry, structure and defects, dislocations, slip systems, grain structure.
Diffusion in solids, mechanical properties of materials; tensile properties, hardness properties, ımpact
properties, fracture properties, fatigue and creep properties. Thermal and optical properties of materials;
electrical and magnetic properties of materials, deformation of materials; oxidation and corrosion. Phase
diagrams and phase transformations; heat treatments. Metals, alloy systems and properties of metals and
their alloys. Ceramics and properties of ceramics