Question | Answer |
What is a polymer? | When small molecules join together to make long molecules. |
What are polymers made from? | Chemicals that are obtained from Crude Oil. |
Give an example. | When molecules of ethene join together to make poly(ethene) or polythene. |
Polythene Picture. | |
What can happen by polymerising these smaller molecules? | A wide variety of polymers can be used. These synthetic materials have many uses. |
What kind of a polymer is polythene? | An additional polymer. |
Why is this? | Because lots of alkene molecules add together. |
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