Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry 4.44 addition polymer formation

Practise addition-polymer questions by naming monomers, comparing double bonds and estimating polymer chain size from Mr data.

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State that many alkene monomers join together to form an addition polymer chain.
Compare ethene and poly(ethene) by chain length, double bonds and state of matter.
Use relative formula mass data to estimate how many monomers form a polymer molecule.

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This question is about alkenes and polymers.

Ethene is used to make poly(ethene).

State the type of polymerisation used to form poly(ethene).

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