A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Designer Polymers

Designer Polymers is the seventh unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.

Chemical Storylines sections

  • DP1 Designer polymers
  • DP2 The invention of nylon
  • DP3 Polyesters: from clothes to bottles
  • DP4 Kevlar
  • DP5 Taking temperature into account
  • DP6 Poly(ethene) by design
  • DP7 Throwing it away... or not?
  • DP8 Summary

Chemical Ideas sections

  • 5.4 Forces between molecules: hydrogen bonding (revision)
  • 5.5 The structure and properties of polymers
  • 13.3 Carboxylic acids and their derivatives (revision)
  • 13.4a,b The –OH group in alcohols, phenols and acids (revision)
  • 13.5 Esters (part revision)
  • 13.8 Amines and amides

Activities

  • DP2.1 Making nylon
  • DP2.2 Taking nylon apart
  • DP4 Comparing models of nylon–6,6 and Kevlar
  • DP5 Bubble gum - or bubble glass?
  • DP8 Check your notes on Designer Polymers
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