Objective Oriented Learning Process Format RBT (OLF)

Branch: Textile Technology

Semester: I

Subject code & Title 15T106 & Polymer Science

Unit No.: 4
T-L tools: PPT Presentation / Black board

No. of Hours: 1
Faculty: Ms. Punitha V

Alpha breathing

Micro Planning for 60 min

Stimulating questions; 3 Alpha Breathing; 3

Summary; 5 Evocation; 5
Mind Map; 3
GO; 2
Formative assessment II; 2 SO; 3
Taxonomy; 2
SO 1 & 2 (Discussion); 10
SO 3 ,4 & 5 (Discussion); 20
Formative assessment I; 2

Pre-requisite
1. Knowledge about monomer and
polymer
2. Polymerization

Monomers

Evocati
on

General Objective
Students will be able to understand the
characterization of polymers at molecular
level

Specific Objectives
Students will be able
1.

To explain degree of polymerization (S, R)

2.

To explain importance of degree of polymerization (S, U)

3.

To explain molecular weight and its relationship with degree

of polymerization (S & M, U)

4.

To explain 3 different average molecular weights (S&M, U)

5.

To

find molecular weight form degree of polymerization for

nylon 6 6 polymer (T, Apply)

Knowledge
Dimension

Taxonomy of Objectives
The Cognitive Process Dimension
Rememb Understa Apply Analy Evaluate
er
nd
se

Factual
Knowledge
Conceptual
Knowledge
Procedural
Knowledge
Meta
Cognitive
Knowledge
Explanatory Notes:

Create

1
2, 3, 4

(This is not the notes for the topic. It is an explanatory notes to remember the
reason for doing a particular mapping in the table above)

Key words: Degree of polymerization, polymers, molecular

weight averages (Mn, Mw, Mz)

SO 1: Degree of Polymerization
1. Polymers are aggregates of large molecules comprising
well defined repeat units.
2. The number of times the repeat unit occurs in a
molecule is called degree of polymerisation.

S.O: 2 - Importance of the

Degree of polymerization
1. As degree of polymerisation increases for a particular
polymer, Melting temperature increases.
2. Higher the degree of polymerisation , higher the tensile
strength of polymers
3. Higher the degree of polymerisation , higher will be the
viscosity

S.O: 3 Relationship between Degree

of polymerization and Molecular
Weight
Degree of polymerization (Dp)

multiplied by molecular

weight of repeat unit is equal to molecular weight of the

polymer.
MW = Dp x m
Whereas, MW molecular weight of polymer,
m molecular weight of monomer / repeating unit

Atomic weight
At
No

Symbol

Name

Atomic Wt

1
6
7
8

H
C
N
O

hydrogen
carbon
nitrogen
Oxygen

1.008 11
12.0116
14.007 28
15.999 77

Formative assessment I
1.

Molecular weight of Nylon 6 is 15000. Calculate the Dp.

2.

The repeating unit in the cotton has two glucose units, called
cellobiose. Cotton consists of about 5000 cellobiose units.
Any guess about Dp interms of glucose units?

3.

Molecular weight of a polymer is =

Molecular weight of

repeat unit x --A. Average MW

Chain width

B. Average DP

C. Chain length

D.

Why Molecular Weight Average?

1. An important feature of polymers is that all their
molecules are not of identical molecular weight.
2. Molecular weight distribution influences the properties of
the final product, must be controlled through appropriate
variation of process parameters.

S.O: - 1). Number Average Molecular

Weight (Mn)
1. Number average molecular weight is defined as the total
weight of all the molecules in a given sample divided by
the total number of molecules
Mn =

NiMi
Ni

2. Where Ni is the number of molecules and Mi is the

molecular weight of the i

th

molecule.

2). Weight Average Molecular

Weight
It (Mw) is defined as the total of the number of molecules
multiplied by the square of molecular weight of all the
species divided by the total weight of all the species of the
molecules present in given sample.

NiMi
NiMi

Mw =

3). Z Average Molecular Weight

This is a higher power average as defined by the
following expression and is useful in the interpretation
of melt flow of the polymer.
Mz =

NiMi
NiMi

3
2

1. Principle: Bigger polymers molecules make a solution more

viscous than small ones do.
2. Its closer to the weight average.

Relationship among Different

Methods

S.O

Degree

polymerization
Fibres

Dp

Cotton

5000

Viscose

300

Nylon 6,6

200

Nylon 6

120

Polyester (PET)

92-100

of

Calculate molecular weight.

Formative assessment II
1.

Weight average molecular weight of a polymer is always

lower than number average molecular weight. True / False?

2.

Viscosity average molecular weight of a polymer determined

based on____?

3.

When

Molecular

be________?

weight

is

high,

melt

flow

rate

will

Mind Map
Polym
er (s)

Monome
r
Degree of
polymerization

Molecular
weight
Numbe
r
averag
e

Weight
averag
e

Application:
Calculation of MW of
Textile Fibres

Zaverag
e

Discussion
Students will summarize
1. Degree of polymerization
2. Its importance in calculating molecular weight
3. 3 different averages of molecular weight of polymers
4. Dp and Molecular weights of different polymers

Stimulating Question

Both made out of Polyethylene polymer

(ethylene monomer)

But it differs in strength!?

Stimulating Question

M = 30,000

M = 4.5 to 6 million

References
V R Gowarikar, N V Viswanathan and Jayadev
Sreedhar,

Polymer

Science,

New

Age

International publications, 1986

Joel R Fried, Polymer Science and Technology,
PHI Learning Private Limited, 2010
V. B. Gupta and V. K. Kothari, Manufactured Fibre
technology, Chapman & Hall Publication 1997