Metals, Plastics, Fertilisers, Nuclear Chemistry Worksheet - National 5 Unit 3 Page 7
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13Exercise 6 - Polymers
1. Nylon is a polymer with many uses.
It is a synthetic thermoplastic
polymer.
a) What is a thermoplastic polymer?
b) What is a synthetic polymer?
c) Give 2 other examples of synthetic polymers.
Nylon is a polymer made from two different monomers as shown.
d) Suggest a name for this type of polymerisation.
2. Two different forms of nylon are nylon 6 and nylon 6,6.
a) Draw the structure of the repeating unit of nylon 6.
b) Draw the structure of the monomer from which nylon 6 is made.
c) Draw the structure of the repeating unit of nylon 6,6.
d) Draw the structure of the two monomer units from which nylon 6,6 is made.
e) What type of polymerisation occurs in the formation of nylon6 and nylon 6,6.
3. a) Which one of the following substances can be used to prepare an addition polymer?
b) Which two can be used to prepare a condensation polymer?
c) Using your answer to part a) draw 3 monomer units joined together to make a
polymer chain.
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