Week2) Jove videos, Polymers Flashcards
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what is a polymer?
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chain of small molecules called monomers that are held together by covalent bonds
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natural polymers- building blocks of life
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DNA, Polysaccharides, Proteins, Lipids
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organism can synthesize
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biological polymers
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scientists can synthesize
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polymers in the laboratory
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common synthetic polymers?
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Plastics- incude Nylon, Polyethylene, teflon
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Process of monomers linking to each other to form a larger molecule is known as?
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Polymerization
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Monomers polymerize by 2 sistinct reaction mechanism
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- Condensation, Addition
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condensation polymorezation
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- 2 monomers with reactive hydrogen atom and hydroxyl group, respectivily link to each other, with the realse of water as a by products
- most natural polymers are formed by condasation reaction
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Addition polymerization
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- Monomers with carbon- carbon double bonds are added to eachother to form a polymer without the generation of any by products through the release of atoms.
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polymers made up of the same type of monomers known as?
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homopolymers
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Polymers made up of different types of monomers known as?
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Heteropolymers
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cellulose is a
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Cellulose
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