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CHEMENG 6X03

Polymer Processing

Graduate

Winter 2026 · C01

Readings

  • Materials Available Through Library Ereserves
    Ereserves · Required
Winter 2026

Topics

  • Introduction to the basic principles of polymer processing
  • Stressing the development of models
  • Rheology of polymers
  • Extrusion
  • Moulding
  • Films
  • Fibres
  • Mixing
  • Reactive processing

Readings

  • J. Vlachopoulos, Introduction to Plastics Processing
    required
  • J. Vlachopoulos and N. D. Polychronopoulos, Understanding Rheology and Technology of Polymer Extrusion
    unspecified
  • R. B. Bird, R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager, Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Volume 1: Fluid Mechanics, 2nd Edn., Wiley, 1987.
    2nd Edn · unspecified
  • T. P. Lodge and P. C. Hiemenz, Polymer Chemistry, 3nd Edn., CRC Press, 2020.
    3nd Edn · unspecified
  • M. Rubinstein and R. H. Colby, Polymer Physics, Oxford, 2003.
    unspecified
  • R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2nd Edn., Wiley, 2002.
    2nd Edn · unspecified
Sources