Definitions
Properties and Applications
Polymer Structure
Reactions
100
Large molecules consisting of many repeating structural units
What is a polymer
100

PEX

What is cross-linked polyethylene?

100

When polymer chains grow off of another polymer chain

What is branching

100

reaction used to make chain addition polymers

What is radical polymerization?

200
Constitutes a polymer.
What is a monomer?
200

the structure of high density polymers

what is crystalline?

200

When a polymer chain bonds to another polymer chain

What is Crosslinking

200

reaction that make stereo regular polymers

What is Ziegler-Natta?

300

Italian chemist who discovered a way to make linear polymers

Who is Giulio Natta?

300

structure of branched polymers

What is Amorphous?

300

A polymer with irregular stereo chemistry

What is Atactic?

300

a radical reaction where the hydrogen is pulled off a carbon

What is hydrogen abstraction?

400
Reaction that all of the atoms present in the monomers are retained in the polymer product
What is addition polymerization?
400

a property of crystalline polymers

What is opaque, strong

400

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

What is Isotactic?

400

Catalyst used to make linear polymers via Zeigler-Natta

What is Titanium tetrachloride?

500
Reactions that produce a small by-product
What is condensation polymerization?
500

use for polystyrene

What are packing peanuts, cups, or takeout containers?

500

a polymer with a trans substituents (z configuration)

What is Syndiotactic

500

Termination step for anionic addition polymerization

What is quenching or adding water/alcohol?