Polymers
Video clips and animations
- Polymerisation of ethene
Simple white-board based talk-through of the polymerisation of ethene. It shows the name of the product as "poly-ethene" whereas the convention is to write poly(ethene), but that is a minor criticism compared with the errors I have found on lots of other videos! YouTube - More addition polymerisation
Formation of poly(ethene), poly(chloroethene) and poly(propene). The answer to the question at the end is tetrafluoroethene and poly(tetrafluoroethene). YouTube - Condensation polymerisation
A fairly simple description of how nylon and polyesters are formed from their monomers. YouTube - Making nylon-610
A close-up of what happens in the beaker during the nylon rope trick. This is a slightly different version of nylon from the one in the book, because one of the monomers has 10 carbon atoms, rather both having 6 as in the nylon-6,6 version in the book. YouTube - The nylon rope trick (Bob Burk version)
An entertaining demonstration of the nylon rope trick. Watch the previous link first, though, because it gives you a slightly better view of the chemistry. YouTube
Other interesting or useful sites
- Recycling polyester
Shows how the polyester used to make plastic bottles is recycled into polyester fibres for making clothing. YouTube
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