What is the definition of a polymer?

What is the definition of a monomer?

What is the definition of a repeating unit?

What is the definition of addition polymerization?

What type of functional group is needed for addition polymerisation to take place?

What type of brackets should be drawn around the monomer within addition polymerization?

What type of bond is broken within addition polymerization?

What type of polymers contain side chains?

Write one repeating unit of polyethene.

Write one repeating unit of polypropene.

Write one repeating unit of polychloroethene.

Write one repeating unit of polyfluoroethene.

Write one repeating unit of polybromoethene.

Write two repeating units of polyethene.

Write two repeating units of polypropene.

Write two repeating units of polybromoethene.

Write two repeating units of polytetrafluoroethene.

What is Kevlar used for?

What is Kevlar used for?

Describe the strength of Kevlar.

What type of intermolecular forces are between each individual strand of Kevlar?

Describe the arrangement of fluorine atoms within PTFE.

Describe the strength of the Van der Waal forces within PTFE.

What type of intermolecular forces is PTFE made up of?