1. Polymers

2. Polymers are very large molecules made of many smaller repeating units.
‘poly’ – many ‘mer’ – part.
Each individual part is called a monomer.
Polyethylene – one type of ‘plastic’

3. (Polypropylene, Teflon, synthetic rubbers)
Two main Polymerization reactions:
1. Addition polymers: 1 type of monomer units added together to form a long chain polymer.
Monomer is usually an alkene.
(Polypropylene, Teflon, synthetic rubbers)
Usually requires an initiator – to kick start the reaction (disrupts double bonds).

4. (nylon, polyurethane, and Dacron)
2. Condensation polymers : reactions with two or more different monomers.
(nylon, polyurethane, and Dacron)

6. Large molecules with repeating units monomers.
Addition polymers - monomers unit adds together.
Polymerization requires an initiator.
Condensation polymers - two or more different monomers that results in the formation small molecules like water and ammonia.

7. http://pslc.ws/macrog//maindir.htm GO TO: Macrogalleria of Polymer Fun
Go to level 1
Go to three or four stores
List 7 different polymers (skip duplicates)
Follow the links for each polymer (level 2)
Draw polymer and name (draw) monomers
List the uses of each polymers