Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

1681 (v.4) Materials and Technology 112


Area: Department of Applied Physics
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 4.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Syllabus: Introduction to plastics and rubbers - history, classification, advantages/disadvantages and uses. Polymer chemistry and structure - polymerisation reactions and structures. Ingredients of plastics and rubbers - resins, additives, reinforcements and fillers. Properties of plastics and rubbers - electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties and flammability. Forms of plastics - adhesives, films, foams, filaments and fibres, coatings and composites. Production techniques - moulding, extrusion, laminating. health and safety - hazards, toxicity, waste pollution and recycling.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010301 Physics
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
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y Y      

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

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

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