Table 1.4 Selected chain polymer structures and nomenclature Structure Name Where Used as inyl” class ce R ee Polyethylene Plastic R= —Cth Polypropylene Rope Re <> Drinking cups R=—c “vinyl,” water pipes ° ot an Lexx pain —on - Fiber X =—CH,, methacrylies Poly(ethy! acrylate) Latex paints Poly(methyl methacrylate) Plexiglas® Poly(ethy! methacrylate) Adhesives Polyacrylonitrile* Orlon® “Dien” class | R oe Polybutadiene Tires R= ci Polyisoprene Natural rubber Neoprene Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Plastic Polytetraffuoroethylene Tefion® Polyisobutene® Elastomer Common Copolymers EPDM Ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer Elastomer SBR Styrene-butadiene-rubber Tire rubber Poly(styrene-sar-butadionoy" NBR ‘Actylonitile-butadiene-rubber Elastomer Poly(acrylonitrile-starbutadiene) ABS le-butadiene-siyrene’ _Plastie “Polyacrylonirie is technically a number of the aerylic class because it forms acrylic acid on ydvolysis TUPAC recommends.{-€ = CH—CH,—CH}, * Also called polyisobutylene. The 2% copolymer with isoprene. after vulcanization, is called butyl rubber ‘The tenmesizimeans statistical copolymer, as explained in Chapter 2 4 ABS is actually a blend or graft of nyo random copolymers, poly(acrylonitile-siatbutadiene) and poly(acrylonitrile-ar-styrene).Table 1.5 The plastics identification co coe Tater LD. ajnar Nan me PETE Poijethylene terephthalate & A HDPE High-density plyetlene & A v Polysin cloidey & Rn Lope Lovnsty ppthyone & a w Polypropylene & a 's robystyrene & other Ditterent polymers & Source: From the Plastic Container Code System, The Pastic Bolle Information Bureau, ‘Washington, DC. Table 1.7 Some natural product polymers Name Source “Application Cellulose Wood, cotton Paper, clothin Starch Potatoes, com Food, thickener Wool Sheep Clothing, silk Silkworm Clothing, Natural rubber Rubber tree Tires Pitch Oil deposits Coating, roadsTable 1.5 Selected stepwise structures and nomenclature Structure? Name Poly(ethylene i i fo- CH,— cH, —0€ <)-e} terephthalate) Where Known Dacron” ° ° {Xfce Slaw 44, Poly(hexamethylene Polyamide 610° I AT sebacamide) ° le fe A Polycaprolactam Polyamide 6 fo-cre$ Polyoxymethylene _Polyacetal fofens}} Polytetrabydkofuran Polyether “hh ° foot cn} n—h Polyurethane’ Spandex Lycra” inh, Cry +o Poly(dimetiyl Silicone rubber | loxane) cH, in {— = Polycarbonate Lexan® ot }c o—c. an oe T Ape on a H, o ul Cellulose Cotton Hon J 2 2g aa ix ° 1,C—cH— R— cin, — Epoxy resins Epon “Some peuple sce the mer structure in the thd row more clearly with t 4 ¢Reonghy Some other sep polysnerization mers can ala he drawn in two or more different ways The student sould learn to recognize the structures in different ways, The "6" refers to the number of carbons in the diamine portion, and the “10” to the number of carbons in the diacid. Aa old name is nylon 610. ‘The urethane group usually links polyether or polyester low molecular welght polymers together,