Addition polymerisation

• what is polymerisation

  many monomers join to form a polymer
• what type of polymerisation joins alkenes together to make polymers

  addition polymerisation
• what is the monomer called which forms the polymer poly(ethene)

  ethene
• what type of polymer would butene make and what would it be called

  addition polymer called poly(butene)
• what happens during condensation polymerisation


  monomers with 2 functional groups; small molecules such as water are lost through ‘condensation’
• explain how amino acids polymerise to form a polypeptide

  condensation polymerisation. 2 functional groups, water lost by condensation
• name and give the formula of a one amino acid that polymerises in this way

  glycerine- H2NCH2COOH