Unit 2 – Day 9 Polymers. Polymers are long chains of smaller molecules joined together. (polymer...

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Unit 2 – Day 9 Polymers

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Page 1: Unit 2 – Day 9 Polymers. Polymers are long chains of smaller molecules joined together. (polymer means many parts). The smaller parts are called monomers.

Unit 2 – Day 9

Polymers

Page 2: Unit 2 – Day 9 Polymers. Polymers are long chains of smaller molecules joined together. (polymer means many parts). The smaller parts are called monomers.

Polymers

• Polymers are long chains of smaller molecules joined together. (polymer means many parts).

• The smaller parts are called monomers.

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Polymers

• Many things we use are polymers, both natural and synthetic.

NaturalCellulose

Collagen (Hair,Fingernails)

ProteinDNA

SyntheticPlasticsNylon

SpandexKevlar

Polyester

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Monomers

• Monomers need to have a structure that can bond on either side in order to allow the chain to continue in both directions.

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Monomers

• Examples: Amino acids form protein chains

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Polymerization

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Condensation Polymerization

• The previous example is called condensation polymerization.

• This is because water is removed as a product every time a bond is made.

• Many polymers are made in this way.

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Condensation Example.

• We’ll show the condensation reaction between glucose and fructose.

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Addition Polymerization

• Another type of polymerization is addition.• This is the case when the monomer has a

double bond.• The double bond breaks and forms a new

bond that extends the chain.• An example of this is polyethylene plastic.

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Addition Example

• Polyethylene

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Make Your Own!

• Try the examples on the sheet.• When done, try making silly putty following

the recipe on the lab sheet.• Do NOT use this putty for mischief in your

other classes or we won’t do anything fun ever again. Ever.