IIT JEE Chemistry Questions 33. Polymers

Properties and uses of some important polymers: Natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, teflon and PVC.

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I. Simple Questions

1. What is a polymer?
2. Give two examples of natural polymers.
3. What are homopolymers?
4. What are step-growth polymers?
5. What are chain growth polymers?
6. What are elastomers?
7. Give two examples of fibres.
8. What is a thermoplastic?
9. What is the monomer for polymer polyvinyl acetate?
10. How do you get isomers of Poly(1,3-butadiene) from butadiene?
11. Give two examples of copolymers.
12. What vulcanizatin of rubber?
13. Give tow examples of step growth polymers.
14. How do you get nylon-66 polymer?
15. How do you produce bakelite?
16. What are the monomers of Buna-S polymer?
17. What do you get by polymerisation of caprolactum?
18. What is monomer of teflon?
19. What is monomer of synthetic rubber?
20. What is the monomer of starch?

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