Chapter 26, Problem 26.19YT

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

To determine to what class of polymers does nylon-6, 6 belong and to find out how many times does the functional group appear in the repeating unit.

Concept introduction:

When polymers are classified by type of chain, we distinguish polymers with only carbons in the main chain (carbon-chain polymers) from those with heteroatoms in the chain (heterochain polymers). Polystyrene is a carbonchain polymer, whereas nylon is a heterochain polymer. A more specific way to classify heterochain polymers is by the functional groups that are responsible for linking the monomers together to make the main chain.