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Polymer
large cmolecule cmade cby crepetitive clinking cof csmaller cunits c(monomers)




Macromolecule

very clarge cmolecule ccomposed cof cthousands cof ccovalently cbonded catoms c(ex: cpolymer)




1. natural c(in cnature)

2. synthetic c(in clab)

two cways cpolymers care cmade




rubber, ccarbs: cstarch c& ccellulose, cproteins, cnucleic cacids cDNA,

cRNA cnatural cpolymers

,nylon, cteflon, cstyrofoam, cpolyethylene,

cDacron, csynthetic cpolymers




1. method cof cformation

2. final ccomposition

3. stereochemical c orientation

3 cmain cways cto cdifferentiate cpolymers

, 1. chain-growth

2. step-growth

Two cclassifications cof cSynthetic cpolymers




addition cpolymers

chain cgrowth cpolymers care calso cknow cas:




made cby caddition cof cone cmonomer cunit cto canother cin ca crepetitive

cpattern cHow care cchain cgrowth cpolymers cmade?




chain cgrowth cpolymerization

A cpolymerization cinvolving csequential caddition cto cmonomers cthat care cunsaturated c(C=C) cor
chave csome cother creactive cfunctional cgroups c(particularly cethylene cand cderivatives)




1. intervention

2. consumption cof call cavailable cmonomers

what c2 cthings cstops cchain cgrowth cpolymerization?




Teflon

chain-growth

polymer: cpolytetrafluoroethylene

cmonomer: cF2C=CF2

nonstick ccoating, cgoretex, celectrical cinsulator, cchem-resistant ccoating

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