Polymers & Monomers

• Repeating

  The process of a unit being repeated in a pattern
• Polymers

  • Polyethylene
  • Polypropylene
  • Polystyrene
  • Polyvinyl Chloride
• Polymer


  A large molecule made up of repeating subunits of monomers
• Monomer


  A small molecule that is joined together with other monomers to form a polymer
• Polymers


  Long chain molecules formed by joining together a large number of small molecules called monomers
• Addition polymerisation


  A chemical reaction which unsaturated monomers are joined together to form a polymer
• Monomer


  Small molecules that are joined together to form a polymer
• Plastics


  A type of material