🧪 | Polymers Flashcards
1
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Definition of addition polymerisation?
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Formation of long chain molecules from lots of small molecules joining together with no other products
2
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Definition of condensation polymerisation?
A
Formation of long chain molecules from lots of small molecules joining together with another small molecule produced as well.
3
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Define ‘polymer’
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A polymer is a large molecule built up from many smaller molecules called monomers.
4
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Formation of polythene
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Addition polymerisation using ethene monomers.
The double bond in the ethene breaks and it becomes a repeating unit of bonds.
4
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Formation of polythene
A
Addition polymerisation using ethene monomers.
The double bond in the ethene breaks and it becomes a repeating unit of bonds.
