To develop awareness in students for chemistry in industrial sector and to expose them with the industrial use of commercial polymers.
Structure, properties and applications of – natural rubber and other polyisoprenes, rubber copolymers, rubber derived from butadiene, cellulosic polymers, phenolic and amino resins, polymers based on phosphorus and sulphur- polyphosphates, phosphorus sulphide cages, tetrasulphur, tetranitride and related compounds.
Introduction, classification and composition of cements, raw material, manufacturing method- dry process, wet process, chemistry of setting and hardening of cement, various additive used, concrete and reinforced concrete construction.
Glass- introduction, properties and manufacturing method of glass, glass modifiers, Ceramic- applications. Ceramic, plasticity of clays, clay products.
Refractories- characterization, properties and applications.
Conducting organics, organics superconductors, magnetism in organic materials.
Fullerenes- doped, fullerenes as superconductors.
Paint - classification, properties and applications of paints, manufacture of paints, pigments-characterization, types and properties.