Polyisobutylene is one of the components of butyl rubber used for making inner tubes. Give the structure of polyisobutylene.

Q: A sample of polyethylene glycol is best measured by a. acid value b. ester value C. saponification…

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Q: Give two reasons relating to your chemical knowledge why dichlorodimethylsilane is a useful starting…

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Q: The base hydrolysis of ethyl propanoate followed by addition of acid produces what two organic…

A: Please find your solution below : The given reaction is alkaline hydrolysis of esters. This reaction…

Q: how acrylic and methacrylic monomer is produced by esterification using Reactive distillation?

A: Acrylic and methacrylic monomers are important chemicals that are used widely in coating industry.…

Q: Nylon -synthetic polymer -silk like thermoplastic, generally made from petroleum. -use : shirts,…

A: Synthetic polymers are those polymers which are prepared in the laboratories. These are also called…

Q: Explain the chemical basis for the destruction.

A: A molecule or an ion which is capable of donation or losing an hydrogen ion which is also called as…

Q: The monomers -OH and HN- NH2 но would react with each other to form a polyester a polycarbonate O a…

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Q: When the aromatic hydrocarbon naphthalene, reacts with nitric and sulfuric acids, two compounds…

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Q: Give the structure of the monomer used to produce the polymer.   - Nylon - Polystyrene -…

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Q: Explain why aqueous NaOH solution can be stored indefinitely in polyethylene bottles, but spilling…

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Q: Polyvinyl chloride -synthetic polymer Monomer-vinyl chloride Use- construction for pipe,doors and…

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Q: Give an example of (a) polyester (b) polyamide.

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Q: Poly(butylene terephthalate) is a hydrophobic plastic material widely used in automotive ignition…

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Q: Describe a series of reactions that could be used to create butanoic acid from butene. Include the…

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Q: Which functional groups react to form nylons? Polyesters?

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Q: Prepared from ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid, Dacron is the patented tradename for a plastic…

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Q: Terylene can be obtained via the polymerization of the dimethylester of benzene- 1,4-dicarboxylic…

A: The objective of the question is to write the equation of polymerization of terylene.

Q: Glyptal® resin makes a strong, solid polymer matrix for electronic parts. Glyptal is made from…

A: Glyptal is a polyester formed by a step-growth polymerization reaction. Step growth polymerization…

Q: what is the structure of Nylon 6?

A: Please find below the structure of Nylon 6 polymer. Both the below structures are same only. Its…

Q: (4) Describe the synthesis of plastic especially polyethylene, 1,1- dichloroethane, and polyvinyl…

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Q: Write the structures of the monomers used for getting the following polymers:(a) Teflon(b)…

A: Given Write the structures of the monomers used or getting the following polymers:(a) Teflon(b)…

Q: (a) What is the empirical formula of starch? (b) What isthe monomer that forms the basis of the…

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Q: Poly(vinyl alcohol), a hydrophilic polymer used in aqueous adhesives, is made by polymerizing vinyl…

A: CH2=CH- is known as vinyl group. If acetate group is attached to it, it is known as vinyl acetate…

Q: Is poly(vinyl acetate) a polyester?

A: Polyesters are in which the monomer units are joined together by ester groups. Hence to consider a…

Q: What is the monomer that forms the basis of the cellulose polymer?

A: Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula (C6H10O5)n, a polysaccharide consisting of a…

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Q: what structural features must be present in a monomer in order to form a homopolymer polyster?

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Q: A copolymer is used to form a synthetic fabric and can be prepared from 1,1- dichloroethene and…

A: Polymers are long-chain large organic molecules formed from repeating units of small molecules or…

Q: The dicarboxylic acid, ethanedioic acid, can form a polyamide with 1,2-ethanediamine. To illustrate…

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Q: Talk about polystyrene in general (detailed explanation), while writing references cited from it

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Q: (a) Differentiate between copolymerization and homopolymerization. Give one example of each.(b) What…

A: Polymerization is the process of combining smaller molecular units to form chains of molecules known…

Q: Describe or enumerate the step by step process in the laboratory preparation of toluene from benzene

A: Please find your solution below : In laboratory, toluene can be prepared by Friedel craft's reaction…

Q: Why is the demand for synthetic rubber greater than that of natural rubber? (b) Butadiene is used in…

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Q: Why is carbon the backbone of polymers?

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Q: Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) has received much recent attention because the lactic acid monomer…

A: The formation of Poly(lactic acid) from the monomer lactic acid is done by the condensation…

Q: Draw the chemical structure of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-block-[poly(styrene-co-methy acrylate)].

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Q: The dicarboxylic acid, propanedioic acid, can form a polyester with 1,2-ethanediol. To illustrate…

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