Chemistry for Engineering Students
Chemistry for Engineering Students
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781285199023
Author: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 10CO
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Describe different forms of polyethylene and how their properties and applications are related to their molecular structure.

Concept introduction:

Polythene is coined from two words poly and ethane. Poly means many and ethane here is monomer. So, polythene is a polymer whose monomer is ethane (ethylene).

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