write down the steps involved in representing a chemical reaction in its condensed form
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Polymerization reactions
Polymers are high-molecular-weight compounds, fashioned by the aggregation of many smaller molecules called monomers. The plastics that have so changed society and the natural and synthetic fibres used in clothing are polymers. There are two basic ways to form polymers: (a) linking small molecules together, a type of addition reaction, and (b) combining two molecules (of the same or different type) with the elimination of a stable small molecule such as water. This latter type of polymerization combines addition and elimination reactions and is called a condensation reaction .
An example of the first type of reaction is the union of thousands of ethylene molecules that gives polyethylene.
nH2C=CH2 → [―CH2CH2―]n
Other addition polymers include polypropylene (made by polymerizing H2C=CHCH3), polystyrene (from H2C=CH C6H5), and polyvinyl chloride (from H2C=CHCl).
Polymers are high-molecular-weight compounds, fashioned by the aggregation of many smaller molecules called monomers. The plastics that have so changed society and the natural and synthetic fibres used in clothing are polymers. There are two basic ways to form polymers: (a) linking small molecules together, a type of addition reaction, and (b) combining two molecules (of the same or different type) with the elimination of a stable small molecule such as water. This latter type of polymerization combines addition and elimination reactions and is called a condensation reaction .
An example of the first type of reaction is the union of thousands of ethylene molecules that gives polyethylene.
nH2C=CH2 → [―CH2CH2―]n
Other addition polymers include polypropylene (made by polymerizing H2C=CHCH3), polystyrene (from H2C=CH C6H5), and polyvinyl chloride (from H2C=CHCl).
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