Mer (Unit)

Poly (More-Unit)

Polymer is a term used to describe large molecules consisting of repeating structural

units, or monomers, connected by covalent chemical bonds.

Polyethylen (polymer) Ethylene (monomer)

 Polymer

2HC CH2 H2C CH2

Ethene (monomer)
polyethene (polymer)

Polyethene

Molecular compounds whose molecules have high Mr and are composed of a large
number of repetaing units of identical structures which are known as monomer
 Protein
Polymer
Natural occurring polymer
 Protein
 Starches
 Cellulose

starches

cellulose
Polymer Nylon

Synthetic polymer

Plastic

Teflon

PVC
Parameter s for classification of polymer

Chemical Structure

Polymeric Structure

Arrangement of Monomer
Tacticity
Thermal Behavior
Molecular Force
Methods of synthesis
Polymer Chemical Structure

Homopolymer Copolymer

 Consist of identical  Mixture of more

monomer than monomer
 Ex. PVC  Ex. Nylon

A A A A A A B A B A B
Polymer Polymeric Structure

Linier Branch
 Consist of long  Consist of branches
string of monomer, at irregular interval
attached in a linier along polymer
manner chain

M M M M M
Crosslink M M M M M

 Consist of short
side chain that M
M M M M M connect different
polymer chains into M
M
network
M M M M M
M
M M M M M
Polymer Thermal Behavior  Behavior polymer
upon heating

Thermoplastic Thermosets
 Polymer which are  Polymer which
easily softened upon change irreversibly
heating into hard and rigid
 Ex. Polyethylene, material on heating
PVC and cannot be
reshaped
 Ex. Bakelite
Polymer Methods of synthesis

Addition polymerization Condensations polymerization

, in which the monomers simply
“add together” to produce the
polymer. No other products are
formed.
In which a small molecule, such as
water, is formed for each extension
of the polymer chain. The most
familiar polymer produced by
condensation is nylon.