Chapter 12!!!!! Intro to Polymers - only up to 12.6

Question 1

polymer

Answer 1

macromolecules (very very very large molecules) composed of many repeating units of smaller molecular weight

they’re EVERYWHERE

can be natural or synthetic

Question 2

monomers

Answer 2

the smaller molecules which polymers are composed of

Question 3

polymerization

Answer 3

joining of monomers to form a polymer

Question 4

oligomers

Answer 4

chains with just a few repeat units

Question 5

dimers

Answer 5

polymer w 2 monomer units

Question 6

degree if polymerization

Answer 6

n, number of repeating monomer units

Question 7

how are polymers named??

Answer 7

poly in front of the name of monomer

Question 8

how can polymers be drawn (lewis etc)

Answer 8

draw a few monomers w squiggly lines to denote that there are other atoms connected to end

[single monomer]n where n is number of times monomer repeats

Question 9

line bond drawings

Answer 9

form of drawing lewis structure for molecules w many carbon

just drawn as lines, carbon atoms at every end and vertice

hydrogen atoms omit

lone pairs omit

determine what the thing actually looks like using knowledge that carbon wants 4 electrons

Question 10

perspective diagrams with line bond structures

Answer 10

dont necessarily have to show hydrogen atoms, if theres another structure connected to the same carbon it could be helpful