Polymers (Class 12): Classification, Mechanisms and Key Examples
Class 12 · Chemistry Polymers (Class 12): Classification, Mechanisms and Key Examples A chapter that rewards organisation. Sort every polymer by how it was made and by the forces between its chains, and the rest follows. Class 12 · CBSE & ISC · Concept The short answer: Polymers are classified by source, by structure, by intermolecular forces and by the polymerisation mechanism. The mechanism split matters most: addition polymerisation joins unsaturated monomers with nothing lost, while condensation polymerisation joins bifunctional monomers with a small molecule eliminated at each step. Four ways of classifying, and why each is asked Basis Categories…