A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Designer Polymers



Designer Polymers is the seventh unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.

Chemical Storylines sections

 * DP1 Designer polymers
 * DP2 The invention of nylon
 * DP3 Polyesters: from clothes to bottles
 * DP4 Kevlar
 * DP5 Taking temperature into account
 * DP6 Poly(ethene) by design
 * DP7 Throwing it away... or not?
 * DP8 Summary

Chemical Ideas sections

 * 5.4 Forces between molecules: hydrogen bonding (revision)
 * 5.5 The structure and properties of polymers
 * 13.3 Carboxylic acids and their derivatives (revision)
 * 13.4a,b The –OH group in alcohols, phenols and acids (revision)
 * 13.5 Esters (part revision)
 * 13.8 Amines and amides

Activities

 * DP2.1 Making nylon
 * DP2.2 Taking nylon apart
 * DP4 Comparing models of nylon–6,6 and Kevlar
 * DP5 Bubble gum - or bubble glass?
 * DP8 Check your notes on Designer Polymers