MSE 521

Properties of Solid Polymers

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Course Schedule|Reserve Books|Course Grading

Exam Schedule|Problem Sets|Suggested Readings

Office Hours: 9 am to 10:30 am, Wednesday

Instructor

Professor C. K. Ober

310 Bard Hall

Phone: 5-8417; E-mail: cober@ccmr.cornell.edu

Times

Tuesday and Thursday 2:55 - 4:10 pm

Room

Bard 140

Co-requisites by Topic

MSE 303

Textbook

Introduction to Polymers, 2nd Ed. by R. J. Young and P. A. Lovell, Chapman & Hall, New York (1991)

Reserve Books

  1. Scaling concepts in polymer physics / Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1979. QD381 .G33
  2. Viscoelastic properties of polymers / John D. Ferry. New York : Wiley, c1980. TP156.P6 F39 1980
  3. Principles of polymer chemistry / Flory, Paul J. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1953. QD259 .F641
  4. Principles of polymer engineering / N.G. McCrum, C.P. Buckley, C.B. Bucknall. Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. TA455.P58 M13
  5. Principles of polymerization / George Odian. New York : Wiley, c1991. QD281.P6 O24 1991
  6. Physical chemistry of macromolecules [by] Charles Tanford. New York, Wiley [1961] QD471 .T16
  7. Introduction to Polymers, 2nd Ed [by] R. J. Young and P. A. Lovell, Chapman & Hall, New York (1991)
 

Course Grading

8 Problem sets & computer labs

30%

2 Prelims

40%

Final

30%

Exam Schedule

Prelim 1

Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 (7:00 pm)

Prelim 2

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002 (7:00 pm)

Final