polymers

• what is a polymer?


  a long-chain molecule formed through polymerisation, where monomers join together
• what is plastic?


  carbon-based polymers, whose monomers are often alkenes
• what are addition polymers?

  made from unsaturated monomers in a double covalent bond
• what are unsaturated monomers?

  addition polymerisation is where lots of alkenes open up their double bonds and join together to form polymer chains
• what are the example of polymers?

  Plastics, proteins, DNA