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Addition polymers Flashcards

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1
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Polymers are large molecules made from many…

A

Monomers

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2
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What are addition polymers made from?

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Monomers based on ethene.

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3
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Draw the general formula for an addition polymer monomer.

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How do ethene monomers form an addition polymer?

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Their carbon to carbon double bonds break and the monomers form together to form a backbone of carbon atoms.

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How would the formation of an addition polymer be shown as a formula?

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What does many ethene molecules polymerise to form?

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poly(ethene)

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What does many phenylethene polymerise to form?

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Poly(phenylethene)

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What is another name for phenylethene?

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Styrene

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What is another name for poly(phenylethene)

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Polystyrene

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What is poly(ethene) typically used for?

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Carrier bags and washing up bowls

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What is the common name for poly(ethene)?

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Polythene

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What is the common name for poly(propene)?

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Polypropylene

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What is poly(propene) typically used for?

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Yoghart containers and car bumpers

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What is the common name for poly(chloroethene)?

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PVC (polyvinylchloride)

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What is poly(chloroethene) typically used for?

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Aprons, vinyl records and drainpipes

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What is the common name for poly(propenenitrile)?

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Acrylic

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What is poly(propenenitrile) typically used for?

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Clothing fabrics

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What is the typical use for poly(phenylethene)?

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Packaging and electrical insulation

19
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What are plasticisers?

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Small molecules that can modify polymers

20
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How do plasticisers modify polymers?

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They get between the polymer chains and force them apart. This allows them to slide across each other (making them more flexible)

21
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Why are polyalkenes not biodegradable?

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They have strong, non-polar C-C and C-H bonds and so they are very unreactive molecules and are not attacked by biological agents, such as enzymes.

22
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How do you create low density poly(ethene)

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Polymerising ethene via free-radical reactions at high pressure and high temperature.

23
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Low desity poly(ethene) has rather a lot of chain branching due to the random nature of free radical reactions. What affect does this have on the properties of low density(polyehtene)?

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The branched chains do not pack together well and so it is quite flexible, stretches well and has low density.

24
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What are the typical used for low density poly(ethene)?

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Plastic bags, sheeting and insulation for electrical cables

25
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How is high density poly(ethene) made?

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At high temperatures and pressure little greater than room conditions and with the aid of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.

26
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High density poly(ethene) has little chain branching. How does this affect the properties of high density poly(ethene)?

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The chains are able to pack together well and so the density if the plastic is greater and it’s meting point higher.

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What are the typical used of high density poly(ethene)?

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Milk crates, buckets and bottles

28
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How could we reduce the amount of plastics being sent to landfills?

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Reuse or recycle the plastics

29
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What are the two different types of recycling?

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Mechanical and feedstock

30
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What is the process of mechanical recycling?

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The different types of plastics are separated and wash them. They are then ground up into small pellets and melted and remoulded.

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What is the process of feedstock recycling?

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The plastics are heated to a temperature that will break the polymer bonds ad produce monomers. The monomers are then used to make new plastics.

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What is the problem with recycling plastics?

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Some plastics can only be heated up a certain amount of times because after each time it is heated it changes shape (some of the chains break and become shorter). This degrades the plastics properties.

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