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Course Name	Turkish	Kauçuk, Elastomer ve Uygulamaları
	English	Rubber Elastomer&Their Applica
Course Code	PST 531E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Nilgün Kızılcan
Course Objectives		1. To teach the basic methods and principles of rubber and elastomers on the industrial 2. To gain a comprehensive overview on industrial production methods and various physical and chemical properties of t rubber and elastomers. 3. To teach the current and high level knowledge on natural and synthetic polymer, fibers and rubbers. 4. To teach the basic methods of vulcanizing Agent and vulcanization systems in Rubber Industry and physical and chemical properties and differences between the vulcanized and unvulcanized rubber. 5. To gain the consciousness on designing and applying a specific subject giving examples usage and the current applications of rubber and elastomers.
Course Description		Defination of elastomer and rubber and classification. Industrial elastomers. Elastomers of thermoplastic and thermoset; nitrile rubber, multiblock copolymers, hard Polymer / elastomer combinations, graft copolymers, hard and soft segments. Raw and filling materials, resins, plasticizers, stabilizers, greasers, vulcanization systems in rubber industry. Fibers ve Industrial polymers ve elastomers, Industrial applications of elastomers and test methods.
Course Outcomes		MS. students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge, skills and competency in the following subjects; I.Defination, chemical structure of monomer, polymer, crosslinked polymer and elastomers. II.Chemical structure and physical properties of natural and synthetic rubbers. III.Classification of elastomers; Physical and chemical properties of thermoset and thermoplastic elastomers, and differences between the thermoset and the thermoplastic elastomers. IV.Special raw and fiiling materials(resins, plasticiers, stabiliziers, vulcanizing acent) processes for production of rubbers V.The industrial elastomers and polymers usage and applications. VI.Vulcanizing Agent and vulcanization systems in Rubber Industry and physical and chemical properties and differences between the vulcanized and unvulcanized rubber. VII.Preparation and presentation a term paper related with therubber elastomers and their applications course.
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Textbook		Ed. by Joel R. Fried “Polymer Science & Technology” 2thEdition, 2009
Other References		1.Ed. By C. D. Craver, C. E. Carraher “Applied Polymer Science 21 st Century” Elsevier Sci. 2000. 2.Ed. By Benjamin M. Walker, Charles P. Rader “ Handbook of Thermoplastic Elastomers” Sec. Ed. Lib. Of Cong. Cat. 1988 3.Ed. By K. Törnqvist “ Polymer Chemistry Synthetic Elastomers” Part I and Part II High Polymers Vol. XXIII. Jhon Willey?Sons, Inc. 2002. 4.J-P. Pascault “Thermosetting Polymers” Marcel Dekker Inc. 2002. 5.J. W. Gooch “ Analysis and Deformulations of Polymeric Materials: Paint, Plastics, Adhesives and Inks” Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1997.

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