Chemistry A-Level
Regeneration of monomers from condensation polymers
What Regeneration of monomers from condensation polymers means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The polymer backbone is cleaved at every ester group, so the products are the monomers or their salts, not a single small molecule.
Topics that use Regeneration of monomers from condensation polymers
- Polyesters and polyamides (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acid hydrolysis of esters
- Addition polymerisation
- Amide group formation
- Amide linkage
- Base hydrolysis of esters
- Condensation polymerisation
- Dicarboxylic acid and diol monomers
- Dicarboxylic acid and diol or diamine monomers
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