Synthetic & Natural Polymers (AQA GCSE Chemistry): Flashcards
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Addition polymerisation
Addition polymerisation
Process creating long polymer chains from alkene monomers
Polymers
Polymers
Long chains of molecules formed from monomers
Monomers in addition polymerisation
Monomers in addition polymerisation
Small alkene units that join to form polymers
Type of bond in alkenes
Type of bond in alkenes
Double bond between two carbon atoms
What happens to double bond in addition polymerisation
What happens to double bond in addition polymerisation
Opens up to allow monomers to bond together
Why double bond opens during polymerisation
Why double bond opens during polymerisation
To allow monomer to bond with another alkene monomer
What forms when monomers join together
What forms when monomers join together
A polymer chain
Effect of adding more monomers to chain
Effect of adding more monomers to chain
Polymer chain grows longer
Where all atoms from monomers end up
Where all atoms from monomers end up
In the polymer chain
Only product of addition polymerisation
Only product of addition polymerisation
The polymer
By-products in addition polymerisation
By-products in addition polymerisation
None
Are atoms lost in addition polymerisation
Are atoms lost in addition polymerisation
No, all atoms are included in the polymer