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ralphk
could anyone tell me the equations of formation of those following polymers?
including conditions.

or post some websites providing those informations.


poly(phenylethene), poly(propenenitrile) and poly(tetrafluoroethene)


it will be very appreciated
thx!


daammnnn

what exam board are you? :confused:
Reply 2
ralphk
could anyone tell me the equations of formation of those following polymers?
including conditions.

or post some websites providing those informations.


poly(phenylethene), poly(propenenitrile) and poly(tetrafluoroethene)


it will be very appreciated
thx!

The conditions for addition polymerisation (which is for unsaturated monomers) is high pressure and a catalyst

basically the equation is n(phenylethene) -> (polyphenylethene)n
Reply 3
phenylethere is just ethene with a benzine rign instead of one of the hydrogens, yeah?
Reply 4
mik1a
phenylethere is just ethene with a benzine rign instead of one of the hydrogens, yeah?

yeah
Reply 5
what about the other two :frown:
could anyone help me plz
Reply 6
poly(tetrafluoroethene) is simple; replace all hydrogens with fluorines.
poly(propenenitrile) I believe would be poly(ethene) with one of the hydrogens replaced with a nitrile group (C[triple bond]N)