Organic Chemistry Module 8 Portage 219 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
large molecule made by repetitive linking of smaller units (monomers)
very large molecule composed of thousands of covalently bonded atoms (ex: polymer)
two ways polymers are made
natural polymers
synthetic polymers
3 main ways ...
Ans: 1. method of formation
2. final composition
3. stereochemical orientation
7). Two classifications of synthetic polymers
Ans: 1. chain-growth
2. step-growth
8). Chain growth polymers are also know as:
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, Ans: addition polymers
9). How are chain growth polymers made?
Ans: made by addition of one monomer unit to another in a repetitive pattern
10). A polymerization involving sequential addition to monomers that are unsaturated (c=c) or
have some other reactive functional groups (particularly ethylene and derivatives)
Ans: chain growth polymerization
11). What 2 things stops chain growth polymerization?
Ans: 1. intervention
2. consumption of all available monomers
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