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AC14: Polymers

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Total cards: 22•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What are the 2 main condensation polymers called

Back (Answer)

• Polyesters • Polyamides

#2
Front (Question)

What is condensation polymerisation

Back (Answer)

The joining of monomers with loss of a small molecule, usually water or HCl

#3
Front (Question)

In condensation polymerisation, 2 different ______ are needed

Back (Answer)

Functional groups

#4
Front (Question)

In polyesters, how are monomers joined together

Back (Answer)

By ester linkages

#5
Front (Question)

If polyesters are formed from one monomer, what must the monomer contain

Back (Answer)

A carboxylic acid and an alcohol group

#6
Front (Question)

If a polyester is made from 2 monomers, what must the monomers contain

Back (Answer)

• Once containing 2 carboxylic acid groups • One containing 2 alcohol groups

#7
Front (Question)

What is the name of the molecule that contains 2 carboxylic acid groups

Back (Answer)

A dicarboxylic acid

#8
Front (Question)

What is the name of the molecule that contains 2 alcohol groups

Back (Answer)

A diol

#9
Front (Question)

In polyamides, how are the monomers joined

Back (Answer)

By amide linkages

#10
Front (Question)

If a polyamide is made from one monomer, what must the monomer contain

Back (Answer)

• A carboxylic acid • An amine group

#11
Front (Question)

If a polyamide is made from 2 monomers, what must each monomer contain

Back (Answer)

• One containing 2 carboxylic acid groups • One containing 2 amine groups

#12
Front (Question)

What is an example of a monomer that has both an amine group and a carboxylic acid group

Back (Answer)

Amino acid

#13
Front (Question)

What is the name of the molecule that has 2 amine groups

Back (Answer)

Diamine

#14
Front (Question)

When hydrolysing polyesters or polyamides, what is used

Back (Answer)

• Hot aqueous alkali e.g. NaOH OR • Hot aqueous acid e.g. HCl

#15
Front (Question)

In addition polymerisation, what must the monomers contain

Back (Answer)

A C=C double bond

#16
Front (Question)

What are the monomers of addition polymers

Back (Answer)

Alkenes

#17
Front (Question)

In the acidic hydrolysis of a polyamide, what does the reaction break the polyamide into

Back (Answer)

• A dicarboxylic acid • Ammonium ions

#18
Front (Question)

During the alkaline hydrolysis of polyamides, what is the polymer broken into

Back (Answer)

• Dicarboxylic acid salt • Diamines

#19
Front (Question)

During the acidic hydrolysis of polyesters, what are the products

Back (Answer)

• Diol • Dicarboxylic acid

#20
Front (Question)

In the alkaline hydrolysis of a polyester, what are the products

Back (Answer)

• Diol • Dicarboxylic acid salt

#21
Front (Question)

What is the fastest way to hydrolyse a polyester, acid or alkali

Back (Answer)

Alkali

#22
Front (Question)

What does zwitterion mean

Back (Answer)

A compound that has both positive and negative charges