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Figure 1: Three common polymer structures. The linear, branched, and network architectures are represented (from top), respectively, by high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), and phenol formaldehyde (PF). The chemical structure and molecular structure of highlighted regions are also shown. Figure 2: Amorphous and semicrystalline polymer morphologies. (Top) Volume-temperature diagram for amorphous and semicrystalline polymers, showing volume increasing with temperature; (bottom) schematic diagram of the semicrystalline morphology, showing amorphous regions and crystallites. homopolymer arrangement of polyvinyl chloride random copolymer arrangement of styrene-butadiene copolymer alternating copolymer arrangement of styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer Figure 3D: The block copolymer arrangement of styrene-isoprene copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents a styrene or isoprene repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula. Figure 3E: The graft copolymer arrangement of ethylene-acrylonitrile copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents an ethylene or acrylonitrile repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula. Figure 4: The formation of a branched polyethylene structure through the process of backbiting, or chain transfer. Figure 5: The polymerization of ethylene (CH2=CH2) using a complex organometallic catalyst (see text).
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Figure 1: Three common polymer structures. The linear, branched, and network architectures are represented (from top), respectively, by high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), and phenol formaldehyde (PF). The chemical structure and molecular structure of highlighted regions are also shown.
Figure 2: Amorphous and semicrystalline polymer morphologies. (Top) Volume-temperature diagram for amorphous and semicrystalline polymers, showing volume increasing with temperature; (bottom) schematic diagram of the semicrystalline morphology, showing amorphous regions and crystallites.
homopolymer arrangement of polyvinyl chloride
random copolymer arrangement of styrene-butadiene copolymer
alternating copolymer arrangement of styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer
Figure 3D: The block copolymer arrangement of styrene-isoprene copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents a styrene or isoprene repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula.
Figure 3E: The graft copolymer arrangement of ethylene-acrylonitrile copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents an ethylene or acrylonitrile repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula.
Figure 4: The formation of a branched polyethylene structure through the process of backbiting, or chain transfer.
Figure 5: The polymerization of ethylene (CH2=CH2) using a complex organometallic catalyst (see text).
Figure 6: Solution polymerization of ethylene, using Ziegler-Natta catalysts. Gaseous ethylene is pumped under pressure into a reactor vessel, where it polymerizes under the influence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst in the presence of a solvent. A slurry of polyethylene, unreacted ethylene monomer, catalyst, and solvent exits the reactor. Unreacted ethylene is separated and returned to the reactor, while the catalyst is neutralized by an alcohol wash and filtered out. Solvent is recovered from a hot water bath and recycled, and polyethylene is dried and obtained as a crumb.
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