Module Descriptors
SPECIALIST RUBBERS
MECH60222
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 50%
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
CE00189-1 Plastics Materials and CE00196-2 Polymer Science and CE00023-1 Mathematics for Technology or equivalent.
Module Resources
Examples of Specialist Rubber, additives, typical cure traces, moving die rheometer.
Module Indicative Content
- Structure, properties of fluorocarbon rubbers (FKM), silicone rubbers (MQ), chlorohydrin (ECO and CO), chlorosulphonated polyethylene rubber (CSM), ethylene acrylic rubber and thermoplastic elastomers (TPE)
- Mix design and additive mechanisms
- Cross linking mechanisms, information gained from moving die rheometer traces.
- Mix design and additive mechanisms
- Cross linking mechanisms, information gained from moving die rheometer traces.
Module Additional Assessment Details
A coursework weighted at 50% which will assess learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
An exam (length 2 hours) weighted at 50% which will assess learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
An exam (length 2 hours) weighted at 50% which will assess learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures 24 hours
Tutorials 12 hours
Examples from work
Tutorials 12 hours
Examples from work
Module Texts
J Brydson, Rubbery Materials 3th Edition, Butterworths 2001
M Szycher, Handbook of Polyurethanes, 1999, CRC Press, ISBN 0849306027
J Hoffman Rubber Technology Handbook, 1989, OU Press, ISBN 0195207572
M Szycher, Handbook of Polyurethanes, 1999, CRC Press, ISBN 0849306027
J Hoffman Rubber Technology Handbook, 1989, OU Press, ISBN 0195207572