In 1850, creating a full set of sixteen ivory billiard balls would require at least one, possibly two, ___

Which inventor is known for simplifying the production of celluloid, the first industrial plastic?

Polyvinyl chloride is commonly abbreviated as ___

A large molecule composed of many repeated subunits is called a ___

Polymers are huge chains of repeating organic units called ___

To make a polymer you need a molecule that can easily bond to another identical molecule at ___

The simplest monomer, ethene, is also known as ___

Polyethylene is not actually an alkene because all those double bonds get broken to form new ___

Substances that can be melted and reformed repeatedly are called ___

A polymer that is irreversibly hardened by curing, like polyurethane or Bakelite, is called ___

Polyethylene can be converted into a thermoset polymer by introducing ___

Polyethylene with ultra long knotted up chains, used to make strong bottles, is called ___

Low density polyethylene, LDPE, can be formed into bottles that are ___

How many tons of polyethylene are produced every year?

The ethene functional group is called a ___

Chloroethene is more commonly called ___

Polychloroethene is more commonly called ___

If one of the hydrogens on ethene is replaced with a methyl group, that chemical is called ___

If one of the hydrogens on ethene is replaced with a phenyl group, that chemical is called ___

If you change all four of the hydrogens on the base ethylene with fluorine it becomes ___

Polymerized tetrafluoroethylene, with its low friction due to fluorine, is known by its brand name ___

Ethene based polymers form through a process called ___

Atoms or ions that have a single unpaired electron are called ___

What is formed at the interface between hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid?

Proteins, which are natural polymers inside of you, are created out of monomers that we call ___