The Polymer Age

Produced by the BBC for the British Open University

A detailed study of two of the most successful synthetic rubbers, styrene butadiene random copolymer, which is used extensively in tire manufacture, and styrene butadiene styrene block copolymer. Includes a review of the two modes of polymerization, chain growth and step growth, and illustrates them with two examples, the synthesis of polyethene and nylon 6-6. From the Organic Chemistry series

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