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The breaking down of some complex molecules, such as polymers, occurs through a process known as hydrolysis.
Hydrolysis takes place in the presence of water containing an acid or a base as catalyst. The water causes polymers to breakdown to monomers. Hydrolysis reactions break bonds and release energy.
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∙ 14y agoThe breakdown occurs through a process known as hydrolysis which is the reversal of a condensation reaction.
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Polymers are built by monomers. Polymers are large, complex molecules built from smaller molecules joined togeter in repeating patterns.
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Are polymers broken down by the process of hydrogenation?
no.
How are polymers broken-down to monomers?
It certainly depends on what type of polymer you are speaking. For peptide polymers the reaction for monomerization is hydrolysis. This is the addition of water in combination with the cleavage of the peptide bond.
The polymers of food are broken down into their constituent monomers by reactions in the digestive tract?
Energy, by cellular respiration. Polymers of glucose, for instance, come into the body via your food and enzymes break them into monomers so they can be easily used in the cellular respiration process.
When polymers are broken down into monomers what would your body do with those monomers?
It tends to use them for things like, oh, respiration, protein construction, you know, surviving in general...
How can organic chemistry be used to produce textiles?
Organic chemistry allows the production of polymers, which have many applications to industrial manufacturing. Polymers can be built like a string as in nylon used as feedstock for a loom. Cotton fibers are actually polymers of cellulose that are pulled into a string much like the synthetic polymers.
What type of chemical reaction occurs when polymers are broken apart by water?
Hydrolysis. Polymers are broken down into monomers in a process known as hydrolysis
Are polymers broken down by the process of hydrogenation?
no.
Polymers that can be broken down in the soil are said to be?
In soil !! x
What is the process in which polymers are broken down into simpler monomers?
hydrolysis
Condensation polymers can be broken down into their monomers by what kind of reaction?
HYDROLYSIS
What does your body meed to break down polymers into monomers?
When polymers are broken down into monomers, the body uses those monomers for a number of activities. Some of them include protein construction and respiration. The process of polymers breaking down to monomers is called hydrolysis.WRITEN BY: oneofthem:
When polymers are broken down into polymers what would your body do with those monomers?
It tends to use them for things like, oh, respiration, protein construction, you know, surviving in general...
What molecules are polymers built from?
They are built from monomers.
Describe how polymers are built and how they are broken down?
To Break a polymer water is used to break the inonic bonds in a process know as the hydrolosis effect. RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM.
Chemical reactions that breakdown chemicals are called what?
Catabolic reactions breakdown polymers into monomers. Enzymes in our body essentially aid in that process. Polymers cannot be absorbed into the cells so it has to be broken down into simpler units.
How are polymers broken-down to monomers?
It certainly depends on what type of polymer you are speaking. For peptide polymers the reaction for monomerization is hydrolysis. This is the addition of water in combination with the cleavage of the peptide bond.
What molecule can break down into smaller molecules?
Yes. A molecule is made up of atoms, and similarly atoms can be broken down into smaller components called protons, neutrons, and electrons. These can be further broken down into quarks and leptons, the building blocks for all matter.
