308.107 Polymers for Special Applications
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2023W, VO, 2.0h, 3.0EC

TUWEL course

Properties

Semester hours: 2.0
Credits: 3.0
Type: VO Lecture
Format: Presence

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students are able to:

define the characteristic properties of high-performance plastics such as fluoroplastics (PTFE, PFA, FEP, ETFE, PVDF, ECTFE, PCTFE), polyaryl ether ketones (PAEK), polyimides (PI), liquid crystalline plastics (LCP) etc.
explain how electrically conductive polymers are constructed
characterize properties of UV light-curable special polymers
name manufacturing processes and characteristic properties of elastomers

Subject of course

Polymers with High Temperature Resistance, Functional Polymers, Biodegradable Polymers, Elastomers

Teaching methods

frontal teaching
calculation examples
videos
illustrative material

Mode of examination

Written

Lecturers

Institute

E308 Institute of Materials Science and Technology

Course dates

Day	Time	Date	Location	Description
Tue	09:00 - 13:00	28.11.2023	Seminarraum BD 03	Spezialkunststoffe Elastomere 1
Wed	09:00 - 13:00	29.11.2023	Seminarraum BD 03	Spezialkunststoffe Elastomere 2
Tue	10:00 - 14:00	05.12.2023	Seminarraum BD 03	Smart Polymers
Wed	10:00 - 14:00	06.12.2023	Seminarraum BD 03	Spezialkunststoffe Thermoplaste 1
Tue	09:00 - 13:00	12.12.2023	Seminarraum BD 02C	Smart Polymers
Wed	10:00 - 14:00	13.12.2023	Seminarraum BD 03	Spezialkunststoffe Thermoplaste 2

Examination modalities

Exam questions as example:

Why is PEEK so interesting for biomedical applications?

Write 3 important properties of von PE-UHMW

Draw a typical stress-strain-temperature diagram (3D, first cycle) for a thermoplastic shape-memory polymer with a thermally induced shape-memory effect. Explain different steps

Course registration

Not necessary

Curricula

Study Code	Obligation	Semester	Precon.	Info
066 434 Materials Sciences	Not specified
066 445 Mechanical Engineering	Elective
066 473 Chemical and Process Engineering for Sustainable Production	Not specified
066 482 Mechanical Engineering - Management	Elective

Literature

There are no lecture notes available for this course. The presentation slides will be accessible on TUWEL.

Literature related to the course i.a.

G.W. Becker, D. Braun (Hrsg.): Kunststoffhandbuch 3/3 Hochleistungs-Kunststoffe Carl Hanser Verlag, München Wien, 1994
H. Domininghaus, P. Elsner (Hrsg.), P. Eyrerer (Hrsg.), T. Hirth (Hrsg.): Kunststoffe – Eigenschaften und Anwendungen Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2008