POLYMER :

A polymer is a large molecule which is essentially is a combination of many

subunits.

PROPERTIES OF POLYMER
Heat capacity
Thermal expansion
Permiability
Elastic modulus
Tensile strength
Resilience
Refractive index
Resistance to electric current

Difference between thermos plasic and thermosetting

plastics
Thermos plastic ploymer Thermosetting polymer

Formed by addition of Formed by condensation

polymerisation polymerisation

Low molecular weight High molecular weight

They are soft, weak and brittle They are hard , strong and more
brittle
They can softened , reshaped and They are not reshaped and
reused softened again and again
e.g. polystyrene, polyethelyne, e.g. phenol formaldehyde,
pvc etc ureaformaldehyde, etc

SEMI CONDUCTORS: a material which have a conductivity between conductors

and non-conductors or insulators.
INTERSTITIAL ATOMS:
An interstitial atom is one that occupies a site in a crystal structure that is normally
unoccupied by the atoms of the structure.

SELF INTERSTITIAL ATOMS:

If an atom leaves its lattice site and occupies some interstitial space then the defect is referred
as self -interstitial.

SUBSTITUTIONAL IMPURITY:
result from replacing the particle that should occupy a lattice site with a different
particle.

INTERSTITIAL IMPURITY:

An atom which is not normally found in a solid.

EDGE DISLOCATION:

An edge dislocation is a defect where an extra half-plane of atoms is introduced midway
through the crystal, distorting nearby planes of atoms.

DISLOCATION PROPERTIES:

Yield

Work hardening

Ductility

And other plastic properties

Dislocation:

disturbance from a proper, original, or usual place or state.