BRAINCAKEEnvironmental Concerns
The lack of reactivity makes polymers useful for storage and packaging, but many polymers are non-biodegradable. The environmental impact can be reduced by recycling polymers, using waste polymers as fuel or making biodegradable or photodegradable polymers.
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Key terms in this lesson
- polymer
- A long-chain molecule made up of many repeating smaller units, called monomers, joined together.
- monomer
- A small molecule that combines with many others of the same or a similar type to form a polymer.
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- Reactions of Alkenes
- Hydrogenation
- Reaction with Halogens
- Reaction with Hydrogen Halides
- Reaction with Steam
- Oxidation of Alkenes to Diols
- Addition Polymerisation
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