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They are formed from the products (i.e alkenes and alkanes) of the fractional distillation of crude oil. Alkenes and alkanes are hydrocarbons - their molecules consist of hydrogen and carbon only.
Monomers of these substances bond to form long chains called polymers. Polymers are what make up plastics.
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Which organic reaction produces rubber and plastics?
The polymerization reaction produces rubber and plastics from organic molecules. In this reaction, monomers join together to form long chains of repeating units, creating the polymer structure of rubber and plastics.
What is made up of monomer?
Polymers are made up of repeating units called monomers. Monomers are small molecules that can join together to form larger polymer chains through chemical reactions. Examples of polymers include proteins, DNA, and plastics.
What they are called when large molecules are formed by monomers?
Large molecules formed by monomers are called polymers. Polymers are made up of repeating units of smaller molecules (monomers) linked together in a chain. Examples of polymers include proteins, DNA, and plastics.
What about the monomers and polymers found in living organisms is false?
Monomers are the smaller molecular units that are used to build polymers in living organisms, such as amino acids forming proteins. Polymers are large molecules made up of repeating units of monomers, like DNA made of nucleotide monomers. The statement that monomers and polymers found in living organisms are false is inaccurate; they are essential components of biological molecules.
What elements are found in every plastic?
Plastics are usually organic polymers, meaning that they contain carbon. They also usually have hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, and/or sulfur.Even the silicone plastics usually have an organic group with them, methyl, phenyl, or ethyl.Carbon and Hydrogen are found in every day-to-day common plastic
What is plastic made out of and where is this source found?
Plastics are generally polymers made out of monomers such as ethene.
What kind of compounds are found in crude oils?
Either Hydrocarbons, monomers,plastics or polymers
What two families of plastic are there?
thermoplastic plastics (recyclable)thermosetting plastics (non-recyclable)
Which organic reaction produces rubber and plastics?
The polymerization reaction produces rubber and plastics from organic molecules. In this reaction, monomers join together to form long chains of repeating units, creating the polymer structure of rubber and plastics.
How do you use monomer in a sentence?
Polymerization reactions typically involve the combination of monomers to form larger molecules. For example, in the production of plastics, monomers are linked together to create polymer chains that give the material its structure and properties.
What is made up of monomer?
Polymers are made up of repeating units called monomers. Monomers are small molecules that can join together to form larger polymer chains through chemical reactions. Examples of polymers include proteins, DNA, and plastics.
What monomers are found in DNA in RNA?
Nucleotides
What monomers and found in DNA and RNA?
nucleotide
What are group of 3 or more monomers called?
A group of three or more monomers is called a polymer. Polymers are large molecules formed by the chemical bonding of multiple repeating units (monomers), which can be identical or different. Examples of polymers include proteins, nucleic acids, and synthetic materials like plastics.
What makes up plastics?
Plastics contain polymeric (long chain molecules) which are built of repeating small units (monomers) an example is polyethylene (polythene) (C2H4)n
How are plastics similar to polysaccharides?
As you stated, plastics are polymers, meaning they are made up of several smaller units called monomers. An example of this is a common material known as PVC. This stands for polyvinyl chloride, which is a polymer of vinyl chloride. Likewise, polysaccharides are also polymers, made up of smaller units, again called monomers. An example of this is a carbohydrate, which is made up of smaller sugars, such as glucose. So the difference between plastics and polysaccharides is that they are made up of different monomers. For plastics the monomer is an organic molecule, and for polysaccharides the monomer is a single saccharide, also known as a simple sugar.
What is found in Phenol?
Plastics.
