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How can ethene be made from ethane or naptha?
By cracking
Ethene is the starting material for many plastics made by _______ polymerisation?
addition
Condensation polymers are made from monomers with ____ functional groups per molecule?
two
Give an example of a condensation polymer?
Polyesters
Diol + diacid → ?
polyester + water
What is a polyester?
A long chain molecule iwth many ester linkages
The acid and alcohol group, in a polyester, can join up with the loss of...?
water
What are the two ways polyesters can be classified?
As textile fibres and as resins
What kind of structure do textile fibre polyesters have?
Linear
What kind of structure do resin polyesters have?
Cross-linked
What functional group does an amine contain?
NH
2
Circle the functional group in this amine
What is the amide link?
What are polyamides made from?
A diamine and a diacarboxylicacid1
Give an example of a polyamide
Nylon
Why is nylon so strong?
Because of the hydrogen bonding inbetween the polymer chains
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Polymers
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Higher Chemistry - Unit Two - Polymers
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12/14/2011, 8:20:10 PM
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