Addition Polymers

Question 1

What happens when you carry out additional polymerisation

Answer 1

Monomers open up carbon-carbon double bond join hands polymerise to phone very long saturated chains

Question 2

What do you need to carry out polymerisation

Answer 2

High pressure and catalyst

Question 3

Polymers you need to know

Answer 3

Polyethene

Polypropene

CH3 one arm

Question 4

Uses for polymers

Answer 4

Polyethene light stretchable ideal for packaging plastic bags and bottles and other containers

Polypropene very tough polymer relatively flexible and resistant to heat used make things like kettles food containers and carpets

Question 5

Why are polymers how to get

Answer 5

Before additional polymerisation polymers are inert as carbon carbon double bond very strong not easily broken

Means it takes really long time for addition polymers to biodegrade

Burning them releases toxic gases

Best thing is to reuse them as many times as possible and then recycle them