Analía Bellizzi – Chemistry Classes

Ronald Reagan Senior High School

ALKENES AND POLYMERIZATION

14.5 Alkenes

  • Describe the manufacture of alkenes and of hydrogen by cracking
  • Distinguish between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons – from molecular structures – by reaction with aqueous bromine
  • Describe the formation of poly(ethene) as an example of addition polymerisation of monomer units Supplement
  • Describe the properties of alkenes in terms of addition reactions with bromine, hydrogen and steam

POLYMERS 1