Online Lectures – Circularity of Polymers

Pre-lectures as introduction to polymer chemistry and mechanics (deadline March 7)

In this document we provide you with a short crash courseon the basics of polymer chemistry and mechanics, which is essential knowledge to commence your project work, and to be able to start discussing polymer circularity during the in-person week in March. Have you already had a course on polymers? Great! In such case the below will be merely a rehearsal, and this should not take you to long to review the materials. Are polymers new to you? Well, in that case take your time to study these lectures more closely. Overall, the below represents ca. 2 hours of video material. You should have reviewed this material in preparation for an individual short multiple choice test of about 20 questions, the result of which counts for 20% of your final mark on this course. The test will take place on or right after March 7, so that is your deadline for this part of the virtual preparation phase.

Victor Ugaz Lesson Series:
Lecture	Name	Time	Link
1.1	What are polymers?	5:18	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 1.1. – What are polymers?
1.2	Importance and Impact	7:42	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 1.2. – Importance and impact
2.1	Polyethylene	8:38	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 2.1. – Polyethylene
2.2	Polystyrene	3:15	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 2.2. – Polystyrene
2.4	Polylactid Acid	5:20	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 2.4. – Polylactic acid (PLA)
3.1	Classification Approaches	3:51	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 3.1. – Classification approaches
3.2	Atomic and molecular level structure	5:50	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 3.2. – Atomic and molecular level structure
3.3	Secondary Structure and copolymers	5:16	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 3.3. – Secondary structure and copolymers
3.4	Crystallinity and phase behaviour	5:44	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 3.4. – Crystallinity and phase behavior
3.5	Reaction and Interactions with the environment	7:30	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 3.5. – Reaction and interactions with the environment
3.6	Stereoregularity, part 1	6:29	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 3.6. – Stereoregularity, part 1
4.1	Introduction to molecular weight	5:08	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 4.1. – Introduction to molecular weight
4.2	Number Average Molecular Weight	6:03	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 4.2. – Number average molecular weight
4.3	Weight Average Molecular Weight	4:30	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 4.3. – Weight average molecular weight
4.5	Polydispersity and other averages	5:44	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 4.5. – Polydispersity and other averages
5.1	Introduction to polymerization reactions	4:10	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 5.1 – Introduction to polymerization reactions
5.2	Step Growth Materials, part 1	5:40	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 5.2 – Step growth materials, part 1
6.1	Introduction to chain growth	4:02	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 6.1 – Introduction to chain growth
6.2	Free radical polymerization	6:35	Introduction to Polymers – Lecture 6.2 – Free radical polymerization

The Efficient Engineer
Lecture	Name	Time	Link
Lecture 1	Understanding Young’s Modulus	6:41	Understanding Young’s Modulus
Lecture 2	Understanding Material Strength, Ductility and Toughness	7:18	Understanding Material Strength, Ductility and Toughness

The Madison Group
Lecture	Name	Time	Link
Lecture 1	Back to Basics: Differential Scanning Calorimetry	12:17	Back to Basics: Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Lecture 2	Back to Basics: Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)	16:56	Back to Basics: Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

Extra Useful Lessons:
Lecture	Name	Time	Link
Polymerworld	Mechanical Properties of Polymer and the Stress-Strain Curve -Tensile Testing	16:29	Mechanical Properties of Polymer and the Stress-Strain Curve -Tensile Testing
Thom Cochell	MSE 201 S21 Lecture 30 – Module 1 – Polymer Thermal Transitions	11:24	MSE 201 S21 Lecture 30 – Module 1 – Polymer Thermal Transitions

Questions

For any questions regarding the video selection above, or about the upcoming individual test, please contact Ms. Cristina Moyaert (Cristina.moyaert@uantwerpen.be).