A macromolecular history

What is a Macromolecule?

Biological Molecules

Monomer

What Is a Polymer?

What are Polymers?

Structure of Polymers

Types of Polymerization Reactions

Natural vs Synthetic Polymers

Natural Rubber: Structure and Function

Polymers and Polymerization Reactions

Polymerization - Addition Polymers

Initiation

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION

METALLOCENE COORDINATION CATALYST

CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION

BULK OR MASS POLYMERIZATION

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION

SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION

What are Copolymers?

Condensation Reactions

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION IN LINEAR STEP-GROWTH POLYMERS

CYCLIZATION VERSUS LINEAR POLYMERIZATION

What is Rotational Moulding?

SOLUTION POLYMERIZATION

Polymer Solutions

Molecular Weight

MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION

Fractionation of Polymers

Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)

OSMOTIC PRESSURE OF POLYMER SYSTEMS

POLYMER SOLUBILITY AND SOLUBILITY PARAMETER

Molecular Weight and The Effects on Polymer Properties

FLORY-HUGGINS PARAMETER