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Mind Map by Billie Juniper, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Billie Juniper
over 8 years ago
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Plastics and Polymers
- Plastics
- Most are Man-made
- Synthetic Plastics
- Made from
- Crude oil
- When refined gasses are given off
- Broken down into monomers
- Chemical substances consisting of a single molecule
- Thousands are linked together in a process called
Polymerisation to form new compounds called POLYMERS
- Thousands are linked together in a process called
Polymerisation to form new compounds called POLYMERS
- Chemical substances consisting of a single molecule
- Broken down into monomers
- When refined gasses are given off
- Natural Gases
- Crude oil
- Synthetic Plastics
- Taken place of metal and wood
- Differ from other materials due to size of molecules
- Plastics contain thousands of molecules
- Macromolecules
- Macromolecules
- Some are derived from natural substances
- Made from
- Animals
- Insects
- Plants
- Animals
- Made from
- Most are Man-made
- Polymers
- Meaning many monomers
- Also known as Macromolecules or Large-Sized Molecules
- Also known as Macromolecules or Large-Sized Molecules
- Usually organic but not necessarily
- Can be made up of thousands of monomers
- Polymerisation
- Chemical Process
- Combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound
- With the aid of a catalyst to start the reaction
- With the aid of a catalyst to start the reaction
- Chemical Process
- Meaning many monomers
- A Monomer in a molecule that is able to bond in long chains
- Polyethylene
- Most popular in the world
- Uses
- Grocery bags
- Shampoo bottles
- Toys
- Bullet proof vests
- Grocery bags
- Properties
- Simple Structure
- Long chain of carbon atoms with 2 hydrogen
atoms attached to each carbon atom
- Long chain of carbon atoms with 2 hydrogen
atoms attached to each carbon atom
- Versatile
- Simple Structure
- Most popular in the world
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