# Polymer engineering
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** particle [[System|system]]
- **Microsimmability score:** 60/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Degree of polymerization - 10 to 5000`
- `Temperature - 300 to 550 K`
- `Shear rate`
### What animates
Polymer chains grow and entangle on the canvas while a melt-viscosity readout climbs with chain length and falls with temperature and shear, linking structure to processing.
### Learning objective
Relate polymer melt behavior to chain length and processing conditions.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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## From the Real GENERATIVE library
*Polymer engineering — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Engineering room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USAF_B-2_Spirit.jpg).*
> Polymer engineering is generally an engineering field that designs, analyses, and modifies polymer materials. Polymer engineering covers aspects of the petrochemical industry, polymerization, structure and characterization of polymers, properties of polymers, compounding and processing of polymers and description of major polymers, structure property relatio ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_engineering))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Process Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_engineering)
> Relation: subfield of process engineering.
## Concept summary
Polymer engineering processes macromolecular materials, where chain length and processing conditions set [[Viscosity|viscosity]], strength, and [[Structure|structure]].
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to process engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Polymer engineering
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render particle system; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_engineering) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Polymer_engineering)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[Systems_engineering]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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