8221 (v.5) Materials Science 202


Area: Department of Applied Physics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Prerequisite(s): 8220 (v.5) Materials Science 201 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: (Part A) Introduction to plastics and rubbers - history, classification, advantages/disadvantages, uses. Polymer chemistry and structure - polymerisation reactions, structures. Ingredients of plastics and rubbers - resins, additives, reinforcements, fillers. Properties of plastics and rubbers - electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties, flammability. Forms of plastics - adhesives, films, foams, filaments and fibres, coatings, composites. Production techniques - moulding, extrusion, laminating. Health and safety - hazards, toxicity, waste pollution, recycling. (Part B) Composites - particle-reinforced composites, fibre composites.
 
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Field of Education: 010301 Physics
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
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Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External