Polymers 3.3.12 Flashcards

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what are the 3 main types of condensation polymers

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  • Polypeptides
  • Polyamides
  • Polyesters
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what is condensation polymerisation

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2 different monomers with at least 2 functional groups react together .
When they react a link is made , and water is eliminated

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where are polypeptides found

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In proteins

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how are polyamides formed

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By reacting diamines and dicarboxylic acids

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how are polyesters formed

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By reacting a diol and a dicarboxylic acid together

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what link is formed when polyamides are formed

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amide links

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why are dicarboxylic acids and diamines used to form polyamide

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They have functional groups either side which allows a chain to be formed

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what is kevlar

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a polyamide that is used in bulletproof vests , car tyres and some sports equipment as it is light weight but strong

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what is kevlar made from

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Benzene - 1,4 - dicarboxylic acid and 1,4 - diaminobenzene

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what is Nylon 6,6

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A polyamide that is used in ropes , carpets , clothing and parachute fabric

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what are the 2 examples of polyamides

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nylon 6,6 and Kevlar

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what is nylon 6,6 made from

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Hexanedioic acid and 1,6-diaminohexane

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what is the part inside the brackets of a polymer called and what are some rules

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The repeating unit .
Do not draw the H2O from both the molecules .
Dont draw the Hydrogens on the ends

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what links are formed when polyesters are formed

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ester links

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what is an example of a polyester

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terylene

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what is terylene

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polyester that is used in plastic drink bottles , sheeting and clothes.
acronym = PET

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what is terylene made from

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benzene - 1,4- dicarboxylic acid and ethane -1,2-diol

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what is hydrolysis of condensation polymers

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Condensation polymers can be hydrolysed to produce the original monomers . It’s just the reverse of polymerisation

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how do you determine the monomer units produced

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-Break the bond in the middle of the amide or ester link of the repeat unit
- Add OH and H to each of the monomer units

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what causes the polar bonds in condensation polymers

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Caused by C-O and C-N bonds that exist in the polymers

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why are condensation polymers stronger than addition polymers

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  • They’re more rigid and stronger
  • Hydrogen bonds exist between the polymer chains as well as dipole - dipole and Van de waals forces
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what are synthetic polymers

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Made from monomer units and used to make a range of items from plastic bottles , digital technology to non- stick coatings on pans

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what are properties of condensation polymers

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  • Polar and hence susceptible to attack from nucleophiles
  • They are biodegradable and broken down by hydrolysis slowly
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what are properties of addition polymers

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  • They’re saturated molecules
  • Normally non polar and hence are unreactive
  • They are good when used in foods as they don’t react
  • However they don’t degrade well in landfill
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when is using landfills useful for disposing plastics
• when plastics are too difficult to recycle • are too difficult to separate from other materials • There is not enough plastic to extract to make it economically viable
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what are the 3 ways of disposing plastics
- Using landfills - Incineration - Recycling
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what’s are disadvantages of using landfills to dispose plastic
•When waste decomposes in landfill it produces methane which is a greenhouse gas . • There is also a risk of water contamination from waste leaching • Not sustainable as large amounts of land is needed • Becoming increasingly expensive to use land for waste disposal
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when is incineration used in disposal of plastics
• if plastics can’t be recycled • the energy from burning it can be used to generate electricity
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what are disadvantages of using incineration when disposing plastics
- Burning plastics can release toxic fumes so these need to be monitored. Particularly chlorine based plastics e.g. PVC which produce harmful HCl gas when burned
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what can be used to neutralise acidic gases produced in incineration of disposing plastics
Flue gas scrubbers. They work by firing a base at the flue gases
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what’s the use of recycling plastics
-most plastics are made from crude oil which is a non-renewable resource - Recycling means reducing dependency on crude oil for making plastics , saving precious resources
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what’s another way to allow new production of plastics and other chemicals
Other plastics can be cracked into monomers to be used as an organic feedstock
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what are the disadvantages of recycling plastics
- Plastics can be contaminated with other materials when being recycled - It is difficult to recycle plastics due to the wide variety of different plastics - It is difficult to remake the original plastic from recycled material - Sorting and processing plastics to be recycled is expensive compared with incineration
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what are the advantages of recycling plastics
- It is cheaper to recycle plastics than make them from scratch - Less carbon dioxide is produced recycling plastics than incinerating them - Recycling reduces the reliance on landfill - Recycling preserves non renewable raw materials such as crude oil
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EQ : Explain why polyesters are biodegradable but polyalkenes are not biodegradable (2)
- polyesters are polar so susceptible to be attacked by nucleophiles - polyalkenes are non polar
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EQ : which polymer has hydrogen bonding between the polymer chains (1)
Kevlar
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Eq : Name the type of reaction that occurred between the polyester and the aq NaOH . Explain why the aq NaOH reacted with the polyester (3)
Hydrolysis Delta positive C in polyester reacts with OH-
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EQ : Compare recycling and burying in landfills as methods of disposing waste plastic . You should comment on advantages and disadvantages of both methods (3)
-landfill requires larger areas of land than recycling. -Landfill is relatively cheap, whereas collecting, sorting and processing plastics for recycling is expensive. - Recycling saves raw materials, whereas landfill requires new plastic to be made from new raw materials. -Landfill is technically easy, but recycling is technically difficult. - Methane is released from landfill as waste decomposes, so recycling produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions.