POLYMERS

Polymers are

• acids

• alcohols

• plastics

• Bases

Polymers are made of

• Acids

• Hydrogen

• Carbons

• Monomers

An example of an alkene polymer

• Propene

• Polyester

• Polythene

• Ethylene

In condensation polymerisation the byproduct formed is

• Oxygen

• Carbondioxide

• Water

• Hydrogen

Which is not a naturally occuring polymer

• DNA

• Teflon

• Starch

• Silk

Which is not polymer

• DNA

• Starch

• Protein

• Nucleotide

Polyvinyl chloride is commonly abbreviated as ___

• PC

• PVCl

• PVC

• PCh

Chloroethene is more commonly called ___

• acetic chloride

• vinyl acetate

• vinyl chloride

• phenyl chloride

Polychloroethene is more commonly called ___

• organic chloride polymer, or OCP

• polyethyl chloride, or PEC

• polychloroethylene, or PCE

• polyvinyl chloride, or PVC

If you change all four of the hydrogens on the base ethylene with fluorine it becomes ___

• fluorotetraethylene

• 4-fluoroethylene

• trifluoroethylene

• tetrafluoroethylene