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Polymers
Polymers
Polymers
Natural Rubber
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Homo Polymers
A polymer consist of identical monomers is called
homo polymer.
E.g. Polyethylene, PVC, Polypropylene, Nylon 6.
Co Polymers
A polymers consist of monomer of different
chemical structure are called copolymers.
E.g. Nylon 6.6
Thermoplastic Polymer
• They are easily moulded in desired shapes by
heating and subsequent cooling by room
temperature
• They are soft in hot and hard on coding
• They maybe linear or branched chain polymer.
E.g. PE, PVC, PS , PC
The polymer formed by the addition of
monomers repeatedly without removal of by
products are called addition polymers
these polymers contains all the atoms of
monomers hence their molecular weight are
integral multiple of monomer unit.
-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-
A-A-A-A-A-A-A-
It include the transition temperatures from liquid to
rubbers,solid, and mechanical properties such as
stiffness,strength,viscoelasticity,toughness,and
viscosity
Tacticity simply means deposition of side
groups in space.
The head to fail configuration in which the
functional groups are all deposited on the
same side of the chain, is called isotactic
polymers.
If the deposition of side groups are at
random around the main, it is called atactic
polymers
By Crystallinity
1. Crystalline- Monomers arranged in
ordered way.
2. Amorphous- Monomers arranged in
random way
By Backbone Atom
1. Organic- Polymer Backbone is made-up
of carbon atom.
2. Inorganic- Polymer Backbone id made-
up of other atoms
As chain length and cross-linking
increases the tensile strength of
the polymer increases.
Polymers do not melt, they
change state from crystalline to
semi-crystalline.
Compared to conventional molecules with
different side molecules, the polymer is
enabled with hydrogen bonding and ionic
bonding resulting in better cross-linking
strength.
Dipole-dipole bonding side chains enable the
polymer for high flexibility.
Polymers with Van der Waals forces linking
chains are known to be weak, but give the
polymer a low melting point.
Due to their ability to change their refractive
index with temperature as in the case of
PMMA and HEMA: MMA, they are used in
lasers for applications in spectroscopy and
analytical applications
Low molecular weight.
Polymers which are used as adhesives,
sealants etc., in a liquid form are described as
liquid resins.
E.g. Epoxy adhesive and polysulphides
sealants.
Most of the polymers around us are made up of a
hydrocarbon backbone. A Hydrocarbon backbone
being a long chain of linked carbon and hydrogen
atoms, possible due to the tetravalent nature of
carbon.