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Industrial&Polymer Chemistry w/Lab (CHEM 4225C)

Term: 2026-27 Academic Year Fall Semester

Faculty

Melanie A. Herbert
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Avtar Singh
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Schedule

Tue, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (8/17/2026 - 12/10/2026) Location: MAIN WTLAB 114
Wed, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM (8/17/2026 - 12/10/2026) Location: ONL DL

Description

Through this course the properties, synthesis, and reactions of major industrial chemicals; synthetic plastics, soaps and detergents; petrochemicals; paints and pigments; dyes; pharmaceutical and nuclear industries; mechanism of polymerization; copolymerization; physical and chemical properties of polymers; polymer characterization; advances in polymer techniques will be studied in detail. Prerequisite: A grade C or higher in CHEM-1217C & CHEM-1225C, CHEM 286, CHEM-3620C, CHEM-2135C, or permission of instructor.