Polymers

Definitions

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Large molecules consisting of many repeating structural units

What is a polymer

200

Constitutes a polymer.

What is a monomer?

300

Italian chemist who discovered a way to make linear polymers

Who is Giulio Natta?

400

Reaction that all of the atoms present in the monomers are retained in the polymer product

What is addition polymerization?

500

Reactions that produce a small by-product

What is condensation polymerization?

Properties and Applications

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PEX

What is cross-linked polyethylene?

200

the structure of high density polymers

what is crystalline?

300

structure of branched polymers

What is Amorphous?

400

a property of crystalline polymers

What is opaque, strong

500

use for polystyrene

What are packing peanuts, cups, or takeout containers?

Polymer Structure

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When polymer chains grow off of another polymer chain

What is branching

200

When a polymer chain bonds to another polymer chain

What is Crosslinking

300

A polymer with irregular stereo chemistry

What is Atactic?

400

A polymer with all the substituents on the same side (Z configuration)

What is Isotactic?

500

a polymer with a trans substituents (z configuration)

What is Syndiotactic

Reactions

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reaction used to make chain addition polymers

What is radical polymerization?

200

reaction that make stereo regular polymers

What is Ziegler-Natta?

300

a radical reaction where the hydrogen is pulled off a carbon

What is hydrogen abstraction?

400

Catalyst used to make linear polymers via Zeigler-Natta

What is Titanium tetrachloride?

500

Termination step for anionic addition polymerization

What is quenching or adding water/alcohol?