RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES

CAT 2/E3SEM-2
Engineering Polymers and Polymer Matrix Composites
Time: 45 minutes Max. Marks: 15
Date: 09-2-13 Branch: E3SEM2 MME

PART A:

1. Mesogens are
(a) flexible (b) rigid (c) elastic (d) gaseous

2. LCP has less ordered structure and less viscosity in

(a) nematic (b) smectic (c) cholesteric (d) none of these

3. Mesomorphic LCP can be used on

(a) supercooling (b) high heating (c) room temperature (d) heating-cooling cycle

4. Which of the following characteristics would prevent liquid crystal behavior

(a) long axial structure (b) ionic configuration (c) carbon-carbon single bonds (d)
double bonding

5. Using Swivel group in the LCP

(a) Viscosity reduces (b) Viscosity increases (c) no change in viscosity
(d) complex viscous behaviour

6. The monomer that is polymerized to make natural rubber is

(a) formaldehyde (b) ethylene (c) isoprene (d) adipic acid

7. In the smectic A liquid-crystalline phase

(a) the molecules are aligned along their long axes, with no ordering with respect to
the ends of the molecules
(b) the molecules are arranged in sheets, with their long axes parallel and their
ends aligned as well
(c) the molecules are aligned with their long axes tilted with respect to a line
perpendicular to the plane in which the molecules are stacked
(d) disk-shaped molecules are aligned through a stacking of the disks in layers

8. If two polymers dont blend, what could we do to make them blend?

(a) use plasticizer (b) use compatibilizer (c) use filler (d) use sulpher
 9. More creep is found in
(a) HDPE (b) LDPE (c) UHMPE (d) LLDPE
10. When two completely miscible polymers we get
(a) single Tg (b) double Tg (c) multiple Tg (d) no Tg

PART B

2.1 Why are polymers more prone to creep than metals? (1.5)

2.2 What is semi-IPNs? (2)

2.3 What is the main difference of suspension polymerization an emulsion polymerization?

(1.5)

Or

2.1 What is the role of Surfactants? (2)

2.2 What is Weissenberg Effect and how to get rid of this? (2)

2.3 What is cholesteric liquid crystal polymer? (1)