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
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	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