Addition polymerisation

What is a polymer?

• a very light material that is highly flammable

• a fossil fuel

• a large molecule made from many monomers joined together

• a molecule made up of only polar bonds

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What does PVC stand for?

• nothing, it's just PVC

• Paul V Collins (the scientist who developed PVC)

• polyviscouscarbon

• polyvinylchloride

What type of a bond keeps polymer chains together?

• James Bond

• Polar bond

• Ionic bond

• Covalent bond

What is Polyethene made from?

• Ethene

• Ethane

• Propane

• Propene

What does polymer ("poly", "mere") mean?

• plastic chain

• many parts

• large molecule

• very useful

What is addition polymerization?

• When monomers are added together to form a polymer

• When polymers link with eachother to form megapolymers

• When a polymer is heated and bonds between monomers break

• When a polymer does things polymers do

A chain of repeating units (called monomers)

• monomer

• dimer

• replicate

• polymer

A polymer made in the laboratory (or industry) usually made from petrochemicals

• nature polymer

• natural polymer

• protein

• synthetic polymer

a polymer that is usually made by living things

• nature polymer

• natural polymer

• protein

• synthetic polymer

This structure shows a section of a polymer chain formed from the random polymerisation of two different monomers.

Which pair of monomers could produce this polymer?

• CH₂=CHF and CH₂=CHCF₃

• CH₂=CH₂ and CHF=CHCF₃

• CH₂=CH₂ and CH₂=CHCF₃

• CH2=CHF and CHCF3=CHF