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How can simple chemical monomers can be combined to create linear and branched and cross linked polymers?
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There are two ways in which monomers can combine. The first is by straight addition; carbon-carbon double bonds can add one after another (usually via a radical reaction in the presence of light) to form a long carbon chain. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is an example of an addition polymer.
The other way is via condensation. A monomer (or two different monomers in the case of some polymers) with two certain functional groups can add to another functional group to form water and a chemical bond. For instance, a carboxyl group on one end of a monomer can react with an -OH group on the other end of a different monomer to form water and an ester bond. As this happens more and more, creating longer and longer chains, we would get a polymer called a polyester.
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What when combined forms polymer?
Polymers are formed from monomers.
What mean polymerise?
Polymers are chemical substances which are made up from smaller units, called monomers. The reaction of joining these monomers to form this larger unit is called polymerisation. (monomers polymerise into polymers). The subunits, or polymers, are typical of the chemical substances. For example, the monomers of proteins are amino acids, monomers of carbohydrates are monosaccharides, monomers of nucleic acids are nucleotides. The reaction itself, by what these monomers are joining together, is a dehydration or condensation reaction.
What are Monomers of large macromolecules assembled during a chemical reaction called?
Polymers
What is the difference between polymers and monomers?
What is the difference between monomers and polymers?
Which is smaller polymers or monomers?
Monomers.
What when combined forms polymer?
Polymers are formed from monomers.
What mean polymerise?
Polymers are chemical substances which are made up from smaller units, called monomers. The reaction of joining these monomers to form this larger unit is called polymerisation. (monomers polymerise into polymers). The subunits, or polymers, are typical of the chemical substances. For example, the monomers of proteins are amino acids, monomers of carbohydrates are monosaccharides, monomers of nucleic acids are nucleotides. The reaction itself, by what these monomers are joining together, is a dehydration or condensation reaction.
How are monomers related to polymers.?
Monomers are the building blocks of polymers.
What are Monomers of large macromolecules assembled during a chemical reaction called?
Polymers
Are polymers formed by chemical changes?
yes, they have chemical bonds therefore chemical change is used
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
What is he chemical mechanism by which cells make polymers from monomers?
Dehydradtion reactions cause cells to make polymers from monomers.
What is the difference between polymers and monomers?
What is the difference between monomers and polymers?
What is the name of the organ system that is responsible for the chemical breakdown of polymers into monomers?
Digestive system
What is the term for the chemical reaction that joins the monomers of polymers together?
Dehydration synthesis or condensation
Which is smaller polymers or monomers?
Monomers.
What do monomers and polymers have to do with photosynthesis?
Monomers come together to form polymers through dehydration condensation and polymers split apart from monomers through hydrolysis.
