Addition Polymers Flashcards
What are polymers
Long molecules formed when lots small molecules called monomers join together
What material is made up of long chain molecules
Plastics
What is the reaction that takes place when monomers join higher and what does it usually need
Polymerisation
And it usually speeds high pressure and a catalyst
What are addition polymers made for
Unsaturated monomers
What kind of bond do the monomers that make up addition polymers have
A double covalent bond
What are unsaturated monomer molecules
Alkenes
What happens to the alkenes in addition polymerisation
The alkenes double bonds open up and join together to form polymer chains
What is formed of lots of ethene molecules react together
Poly(ethene) is formed
Or polythene
What is a repeating unit
The standard way of representing the structure of a polymer
What is the product/s what monomers react in addition polymerisation
There is only 1 product which is the polymer that was reacting in the first player
How do the atoms in the addition polymer change from the monomer
They don’t, the atoms are exactly the same type and number because the polymer is the only product from the addition polymerisation
What’s the difference between an monomer and a polymer
A monomer is the atom which reacts with others of the same type to create the polymer
