Condensation Polymers

Discover how to make one of the strongest polymers and more with this video. Find out about how polyesters and polyamides are made as well as a few examples to help you secure as many polymer marks as possible.

[ambersmalley]

Hello! I find your videos very useful! I noticed you mentioned amides in your video and I was wondering, do you had a video on those? It's in my Edexcel specification. Thank you very much again :)

[fatimakhan]

How do we tell by just looking at the polymer which sort of reaction occurred for it to be formed; addition or condensation?

[mssy_xx]

My book says (2N-1) H2O for terylene. How did they come about this?

[Maks]

isn't the water amount (2n-1)? one water eliminated for each (n) of diol and (n) dicarboxylic acid and then one additional water per each additional member of polymer? it's in ocr chemistry a2 book by dave gent and rob ritchie, cheers

[jamesasher]

Thank you for making chemistry so much clearer, I can't thank you enough :)

[ismaeelahmed]

Do we need to memorise all these specific example for AQA?

[eveharding]

Can you make a polyamide with amino acids ?

[gabygabriel]

And how do "we" join them?What are the conditions?

[mssy_xx]

Do you have any videos on hydrolysing polyesters and polyamines?