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Unit 1

WHAT ARE POLYMERS?




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Polymers are substances whose molecules have high molar masses and are composed of a large number of repeating units. There are both naturally occurring and synthetic polymers. Among naturally occurring polymers are proteins, starches, cellulose, and latex. Synthetic polymers are produced commercially on a very large scale and have a wide range of properties and uses. The materials commonly called plastics are all synthetic polymers.

Polymers are formed by chemical reactions in which a large number of molecules called monomers are joined sequentially, forming a chain. In many polymers, only one monomer is used. In others, two or three different monomers may be combined:








Polymers are classified by the characteristics of the reactions by which they are formed. If all atoms in the monomers are incorporated into the polymer, the polymer is called an addition polymer. If some of the atoms of the monomers are released into small molecules, such as water, the polymer is called a condensation polymer. Most addition polymers are made from monomers containing a double bond between carbon atoms. Such monomers are called olefins, and most commercial addition polymers are polyolefins. Condensation polymers are made from monomers that have two different groups of atoms which can join together to form, for example, ester or amide links. Polyesters are an important class of commercial polymers, as are polyamides (nylon).



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Polymer is the term used to describe large molecules consisting of repeating structural units, or monomers, connected by covalent chemical bonds. The term is derived from the Greek words: polys meaning many, and meros meaning parts. A key feature that distinguishes polymers from other molecules is the repetition of many identical, similar, or complementary molecular subunits in these chains. These subunits, the monomers, are small molecules of low-to-moderate molecular mass, and are linked to each other during a chemical reaction called polymerization. Although most polymers are organic, with carbon-based monomers, there are also inorganic polymers; for example, the silicones, with a backbone of alternating silicon and oxygen atoms.



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A polymer is a large molecule constructed from many smaller structural units called monomers joined together by covalent bonds. Polymers have existed in natural form since life began and those such as DNA, RNA, proteins and polysaccharides are some of the most important macromolecules found in plant and animal life. From the earliest times, the man has used many of these polymers as materials for providing clothing, decoration, tools, weapons and other requirements. However, the origins of todays polymer industry commonly are accepted as being in the nineteenth century when important discoveries were made concerning to the modification of certain natural polymers, as cellulose. The use of synthetic and natural polymers as stabilizers for colloid systems (sols, dispersions, microemulsions, etc.) is becoming more important everyday in contemporary life. Polymer additives can be applied in preconcentrations and dehydration of suspensions in mineral processing, purification of wastewater and even in nutritional and pharmaceutical emulsions being their importance related to the characteristics of the process and the properties that they show.



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1. The word polymer literally means many parts.

2. A polymeric solid material may be considered to be one that contains many chemically bonded parts or units which themselves are bonded together to form a solid.

3. Two industrially important polymeric materials are plastics and elastomers.

4. Polymers are often named in terms of the monomer from which they are made.

5. Polymer signifies a chain of thousands of monomers that are covalently bonded together usually by the carbon atoms of the polymer backbone, but the backbone can consist of other atoms such as silicon.

6. Examples of polymers include substances anywhere from proteins to stiff, high-strength Kevlar fibers.

7. Many common classes of polymers are composed of hydrocarbons.

8. Over the past few decades, the use of polymers in disposable consumer goods has grown tremendously.

9. Remembering that paper is made of cellulose, which is a polymer of biological origin, if you look around the room that you are in, you will see that a good fraction of the stuff in it is made of polymers.

10. Many physical properties of a polymer depend on the molecular weight.



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1. What are polymers?

2. What is the difference between natural and synthetic polymers?

3. What is the origin of the word polymer?

4. How are polymers formed?

5. Where can polymers be applied?



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Unit 2

POLYMERIZATION




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Polymerization[1 -    polymerization  ,       , .     (,     ),   polymerization      ()       .           ,        (, )            .]is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains or three-dimensional networks. There are many forms of polymerization and different systems exist to categorize them. The main categories are addition polymerization (also known as chain-growth polymerization or chain polymerization) and condensation polymerization (also known as step-growth polymerization or step polymerization).

Addition polymerization involves the linking together of molecules incorporating double or triple chemical bonds. These unsaturated monomers (the identical molecules which make up the polymers) have extra internal bonds which are able to break and link up with other monomers to form the repeating chain. Addition polymerization is involved in the manufacture of polymers such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Basic addition polymerization steps are as follows:








Condensation polymerization occurs when monomers bond together through condensation reactions. Generally, a condensation reaction is a chemical reaction in which two molecules combine to form one single molecule, together with the loss of a small molecule. Typically, condensation polymerization reactions can be achieved through reacting[2 -    polymerization  ,       , .     (,     ),   polymerization      ()       .           ,        (, )            .]molecules incorporating alcohol, amine or carboxylic acid functional groups:








When an amine reacts with a carboxylic acid, the amide (or peptide) bond is formed with the release of water (hence, condensation polymerization). This is the process through which amino acids link up to form proteins, as well as how kevlar is formed:




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