Question

What are the monomer of polythene? Write two uses of polythene.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Polyethylene is the most common plastic. The monomer is ethylene, a gaseous hydrocarbon with the formula C  

2

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H  

4

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 which can be viewed as a pair of methylene groups connected to each other. As it is highly reactive, the ethylene must be of high purity.

Answer 2

Answer:

ethylene

Here ethylene (ethene) is the monomer, and the corresponding linear polymer is called high-density polyethylene.

Used of polythene

Principal uses are in packaging film, trash and grocery bags, agricultural mulch, wire and cable insulation, squeeze bottles, toys, and housewares. The plastic recycling code of LDPE is #4. The branched form of polyethylene, known as low-density polyethylene (LDPE).

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