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styrene to polystyrene equation anyone?? (1 Viewer)

aimee1990

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<SUB>hey i need help! can anyone tell me what the structural equation of the reaction of styrene to make polystyrene? Cheers</SUB>
 

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Ethenylbenzene (styren) --> Polyethenylbenzen (polystyrene)
......H2C=CH.............-(-H2C-CH)-n......
n×........ _|_.....--->............._|_..........
............/ .。.\....................../. 。.\.........
............\__ /......................\__ /.........

I dunno the catalysts, I don't think you're required to know them. Those horrible little dots are my pitiful attempt at drawing a benzene ring - I'm not good at ASCII

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ur right u dont gotta know the catalysts..only the polymers properties and uses... we haveto do english because the gov. thinks that if english isnt studied itll be lost foreevr....i think that will be an insentive
 
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