{"id":13028,"date":"2023-04-18T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T04:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/?p=13028"},"modified":"2023-04-19T10:17:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T04:47:12","slug":"how-polymers-are-classified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/how-polymers-are-classified\/","title":{"rendered":"How polymers are classified?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Polymers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n People also ask<\/strong><\/p>\n Naturally occurring polymers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Proteins: Carbohydrates:<\/strong><\/p>\n Synthetic polymers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How polymers are classified? Polymers Polymers are long chained molecules formed by joining up many identical repeating sub-units called monomers. Polymerisation is a process by which the monomers are joining together into chain-like big molecules known as polymers. Polymerisation can be represented graphically as shown below. where M represents the monomer and n is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[4643,4642,4641,4640,4639,4637],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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\nwhere M represents the monomer and n is a very big integer<\/li>\n
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\nExamples of synthetic polymers: poly(ethene), polystyrene, nylon and polyesters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
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\n(a) Starch
\n(b) Cellulose<\/li>\n
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How are synthetic polymers made?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n(a) Addition polymerisation
\n(b) Condensation polymerisation<\/li>\n
\n(a) Addition polymerisation involves monomers with carbon-carbon double bonds<\/strong> between the carbon atoms.
\n(b) During addition polimerisation, the double bonds between pairs of carbon atoms break and the carbon atoms of adjacent molecules join together.
\n(c) Examples of monomer that can undergo
\naddition polymerisation are: ethene, chloroethene and styrene. They undergo addition polymerisation to form polyethene, polychloroethene and polystyrene respectively.
\n(d) Polymerisation of ethene is shown in Figure.<\/li>\n
\n(a) Condensation polymerisation involves the joining up of monomers with the formation of other smaller and simple molecules such as water.
\n(b) Examples of polymers produced by condensation are nylon and terylene.<\/li>\n
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