2. Professors
  3. ACOCELLA MARIA ROSARIA
  4. Teaching

POLYMER TECHNOLOGY

MARIA ROSARIA ACOCELLA POLYMER TECHNOLOGY

0512400023
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
EQF6
CHEMISTRY
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
540LESSONS
112LAB
MARIA ROSARIA ACOCELLA T Curriculum
ExamDate
TECNOLOGIA DEI POLIMERI15/04/2025 - 10:00
Objectives
COURSE AIM :
THIS COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS WITH THE NECESSARY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL FUNDAMENTALS TO APPRECIATE HOW POLYMERIC MATERIALS BEHAVE DURING TRANSFORMATION AND RECYCLING PROCESSES, AS WELL AS THEIR POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENT WILL HAVE DEVELOPED UNDERSTANDING ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
-CLASSIFICATION OF POLYMERS.
-CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS:
-MOLECULAR WEIGHTS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTIONS
-CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES
-RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF POLYMER MELTS
-MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION OF POLYMERS AND POLYMER COMPOSITES
- POLYMER PROCESSING: EXTRUSION, INJECTION MOULDING, SPINNING, THERMOFORMING, COEXTRUSION.
-RECYCLING OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING :
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
-EXPLAIN THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM DIFFERENT ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING POLYMERS
-IDENTIFY THE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN STRUCTURE, PROCESS, AND PROPERTIES OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS.
-DEFINE THE MOST APPROPRIATE POLYMER AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE A SPECIFIC PRODUCT

MAKING JUDGMENTS :
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
-DEVELOP CRITICAL SKILLS IN CHOOSING THE MOST EFFICIENT PROCESS STRATEGY FOR OBTAINING THE DESIRED MANUFACTURED POLYMER PRODUCT.
-OPERATE ON A PROCESS TO PRODUCE A POLYMERIC MANUFACTURE BY ACTING ON ITS MAIN VARIABLES

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- COMMUNICATE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN ORAL FORM USING APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY AND THE TOOLS OF MATHEMATICAL AND GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE MAIN PHENOMENA DESCRIBED.

LEARNING SKILL:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- UNDERSTAND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TEXTS ON POLYMER TECHNOLOGY
- CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF POLYMER TECHNOLOGY, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
Prerequisites
IT WILL BE ASSUMED THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE FOLLOWED AND COMPLETED, AS A PREREQUISITE, AN INTRODUCTION TO POLYMER MATERIAL COURSE (“CHEMISTRY OF MACROMOLECULES” OR EQUIVALENT), ORGANIC AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AS WELL AS MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS.
A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH IS ALSO USEFUL.
Contents
CONTENTS AND PROGRAMME:
THIS COURSE COVERS THE THEORICAL AND PRATICAL ASPECTS OF POLYMER PROCESSING AND USES OF MOST COMMON POLYMERIC MATERIALS. BESIDE SOME BASIC INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP IN POLYMERIC MATERIALS, THIS COURSE REPRESENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO POLYMER PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES. MOREOVER FOR MOST OF THE MAIN POLYMER MATERIALS SYNTHESIS, PROPERTIES AND USES ARE PRESENTED.
SYNTHETIC TEACHING PROGRAM:
1) INTRODUCTION TO POLYMERIC MATERIALS (BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE WORLD OF MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES, DEFINITIONS, NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF POLYMERS, SOLID STATE MORPHOLOGIES) 8 HOURS LECTURE
2) PROPERTY-STRUCTURE RELATIONS IN POLYMERIC MATERIALS (INFLUENCE OF MOLECULAR MASS AND PHYSICAL STATE OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES, MECHANICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES , NEWTONIAN AND NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS, VISCOSITY AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT, FLOW CURVES, MELT FLOW INDEX E VISCOMETERS, SHEAR SENSITIVITY, RHEOLOGY APPLIED TO THE PROCESSING) ( 10 H LECTURE + 4 LAB)
4) PROCESSES OF PROCESSING OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS : FROM RAW MATERIAL TO COMPOUND PREPARATION, ADDITIVES AND DRYING, PROCESS STEPS, PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES, EXTRUSION, BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION, INJECTION MOULDING, ROTATIONAL MOULDING, INJECTION BLOW MOULDING, EXSTRUSION BLOW BLOWING, THERMOFORMING AND SPINNING OF COMMON POLYMERS) 10 H LECTURE + 4 LAB
4) RECYCLING OF POLYMERS OF INDUSTRIAL INTEREST: CIRCULAR ECONOMY , PLASTIC POLLUTION: WASTE CLASSIFICATION, RECYCLING, SEPRARTION STEPS AND TECHNIQUES, PET RECYCLING, PVC RECYCLING , TERTIARY AND ENERGY RECYCLING, MICROPLASTICS, ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION, CHARACTERISATION AND REGULATORY REFERENCES 12 H LECTURE + 4 LAB
Teaching Methods
LECTURES
LAB ACTIVITIES ( 75% OF PRESENCE REQUIRED)
VISITS TO POLYMER MATERIAL PROCESSING FACTORIES IN CAMPANIA REGION ARE ALSO PLANNED

Verification of learning
ORAL TEST
EACH STUDENT WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS EXISTING BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A POLYMERIC MATERIAL, ITS CHEMICAL-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BE ABLE TO ASSOCIATE THE SPECIFIC CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A POLYMERIC MATERIAL OF INDUSTRIAL INTEREST WITH THE APPROPRIATE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.
STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED ON THEIR ABILITY TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE TOPICS ILLUSTRATED, ALONG WITH PROPOSING LINKS TO OTHER COURSES.
THE TEST IS CONSIDERED PASSED WITH A SCORE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 18 POINTS.
Texts
REFERENCE BOOKS:
-MACROMOLECOLE SCIENZA E TECONOLOGIA (VOL. 1E 2), PACINI ED. (1983)
-FONDAMENTI DI SCIENZA DEI POLIMERI, PACINI ED. (1998)
- SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI POLIMERICI (3° ED.), EDISES ( S. BRUCKNER, G. ALLEGRA, M. PEGORARO, F.P. LA MANTIA, L. DI LANDRO, M. MALINCONICO, R. SCAFFARO, S. PAOLETTI, I DONATI)
-F.W.BILLMEYER, TEXTBOOK OF POLYMER SCIENCE (3° ED), WILEY & SONS ED. (1984)
-MACROMOLECULES, (F.A.BOVEY, F-H.WINSLOW ED.), ACADEMIC PRESS (1979)
-L.H.SPERLING, INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL POLYMER SCIENCE, WILEY&SONS ED.(1992)
-H.SAECHTLING, MANUALE DELLE MATERIE PLASTICHE, TECNICHE NUOVE ED.(1992)
-D.H.MORTON, JONES, POLYMER PROCESSING, CHAPMAN AND ALL ED.(1989)
-INTRODUCTION TO POLYMERS, R.J. YOUNG AND P.A. LOVELL, CHAPMAN & HALL; LONDON
SLIDES OF EACH LESSON ARE GIVEN TO STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY LESSON, AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF ALL LESSONS IS MADE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE COURSE.
More Information
THE LANGUAGE OF THE COURSE IS ITALIAN, BUT MANY OF THE LESSON SLIDES ARE IN ENGLISH. IN THE PRESENCE OF ERASMUS STUDENTS, THE COURSE COULD BE KEPT IN ENGLISH IF ITALIAN LANGUAGE STUDENTS WERE AVAILABLE.
Lessons Timetable

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