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A polymer (a chemical term) is any material that is made up of repeating linked units (monomers). An example of a polymer is starch. It is made from linked units of Glucose (a sugar). Another example is plastics such as low density polyethylene made from linking repeating ethylene (a gas) units. Maybe a more familar example that is used around the house is when you repair your car with fiberglass. The liquid that is used to bond the fiberglass to the car and itself is styene monomer. When the catalyst is added to the styrene monomomer you are starting a chemical reaction that joins the monomers into very long polymers that cross link and form a hard polymer.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 10y agoAll polymers are made from chemicals. Some examples include:
Polyethylene is made from ethylene.
Polypropylene is made from propylene.
PTFE is made from tetrafluoroethylene.
etc
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∙ 11y agoIt depends but in general a polymer chain is made out of monomer units. A polymer is a long string of monomers that have been bound together. So a polyethylene polymer chain is made from many 1000s of ethylene units added together. Condensation polymers have water removed to join them together as in the case of polyesters.
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∙ 12y agopolymers are made of very large molecules which consist of many repeating units called monomers
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∙ 13y agoA polymer is synthesized by chemically joining together many small molecules into one giant molecule. The small molecules used to synthesize polymers are called monomers.
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∙ 11y agoPolymers are made of many monomers
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∙ 13y agopolymerization.
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What are large molecules made up of smaller molecules?
The answer is polymer. Could also be referring to Macromolecule
What are the polymers made from Propane?
polypropane
What do polymer chains make?
biomolecules, or macromolecules, such as proteins, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids
Are nucleotides are polymers made of amino acids?
True
Two polymers made by plants?
cellulose and starches
What polymers made from chemicals?
my name is bob
Are many plastics made with chemicals found in petroleum?
The raw feedstock for a lot of polymers is indeed petroleum.
How are polymers made into crude oil?
Polymers are not made into crude oil. Crude oil is made into polymers.
What are some of the products that Lyondell manufacture?
Lyondell, now Lyondell Basell, manufactures chemicals and chemicals supplies, fuels and fuel refining tools, and polymers and information pertaining to the polymers.
What are most plastics made from?
Petro-chemicals, such as plastics and polymers, are produced from the raw material petroleum.
How do you alter characteristics of polymers?
Characteristics of polymers can be altered by: irradiation, treatment with oxygen or other chemicals, rising the temperature, using additives in the composition.
What polymers are made from?
Polymers are made from monomers and there are many of them. They include olefins such as ethylene, propylene, octene etc and their halogenated analogues. There are many other raw materials that polymers are made from.
What are polymers known as?
Polymers are known as millions of monomers made up to create it
What are large molecules made up of smaller molecules?
The answer is polymer. Could also be referring to Macromolecule
Why do natural polymers not pose as much of an issue in landfills as synthetic polymers Natural polymers are cheap to recycle and synthetic polymers are expensive to recycle. Natural polymers are expe?
Natural polymers will degrade over time.... man-made polymers are not biodegradable - and need to be processed.
Sentence with ploymers?
A sentence with the word polymers would be: Polymers are made from repeated subunits.
What is made up of monomer?
Polymers are made from monomers.
