synthetic condensation polymer (1 Viewer)

[FLR-IT]

i think this was asked in the North syd girls trial 2003

name and briefly describe a synthetic condensation polymer??

rayon is the first thing that comes to my mind, but then again it is made from modified cellulose/glucose, which makes it a naturally occuring one, am i right??

 

[underthesun]

Nylon came up to my mind because it was in conquering chem. However i couldn't find too much info on it.

Is this in the syllabus? The teacher prolly encourages the students to "use teksbuks informesion" like nerds...

 

[FLR-IT]

no idea if its in syllabus,

but can someone give me an answer

 

[jm1234567890]

condensation polymers are in sylabus but not in detail

you need to know their definition and describe them.

good to remember a few examples

Synthetic:
nylon

Natural:
Cellulose

 

[+:: $i[Q]u3 ::+]

nylon is definitely one.. first synthetic polymer made by man... we made it in class the other day.. ^^ dayum funni.

hmm.. brief description.. nylon is a synthetic, thermoplastic material.. strong, elastic, abrasion and chemical-resistant... variety of types, all polyamides, (made from diamines and carboxylic acids). most generally useful is nylon 66 made from hexamethylene amine and adipic acid.

if u want anymore go find it online.. use a search engine or something. ciaoz~

 

[FLR-IT]

Originally posted by jm1234567890
good to remember a few examples

Synthetic:
nylon

Natural:
Cellulose

just a note : Chem context puts the nylon/rayon in the biopolymer section.

i also noticed that since nylon is made from modified cellulose/glucose, it would therfore be biodegradable which would make it a biopolymer right??

 

[MyLuv]

So what about PHB(beta-HydroxyButanoate)???
Its a condensation polymer .PP made it using micro Organism ,does it counted as synthesis???

 

[jims]

u could always use PET

 

[jm1234567890]

Originally posted by MyLuv
So what about PHB(beta-HydroxyButanoate)???
Its a condensation polymer .PP made it using micro Organism ,does it counted as synthesis???

I reckon that one is too complex to remember, just use cellulose