Polymerisation reactions (1): formation of polystereneproperties of monomers

Principle
The first polymerizations with styrene were carried out in 1930, since 1936 polystyrene is produced in large-scale industrially. Since that moment polystyrene counts to the most widely used plastics. Styrene can be polymerized under suitable conditions. The resulting plastic is hard, glassy and brittle. Styrene is polymerized to polystyrene.

Learning objectives

•  Polymerization reaction to polystyrene

Benefits

• Easy teaching and efficient learning by using interactive experimentation IMPACT-Software
• Experiment is part of a complete solution set with experiments for the topic Chemistry of Polymers matched with international curriculum: all topics are covered