Introduction to Polymers

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Across
  1. 4. Carbon can make _____ bonds
  2. 6. Forming polymers between two different monomers.
  3. 8. The word mer means
  4. 10. This polymer is highly elastic an example is rubber
  5. 11. This type of reponse of heat sets with a chemical reaction in polymers
  6. 12. Polymers are generally very light weight in mass with varying degrees of ______
  7. 13. The backbone of polymers
  8. 14. The word poly means
  9. 16. Polymers can be both thermal and electrical______.
  10. 19. Type of matter the mostly comprises polymers
  11. 22. The type of structure of metals is _______
  12. 23. Polymers made from living things are called _____ polymers
  13. 24. Man made polymers are called ______ polymers
Down
  1. 1. Polymers have _____ bonding
  2. 2. ______ polymerization is how proteins are made from amino acids
  3. 3. Carbon atoms bond________
  4. 5. One disadvantage of polymers is they are unstable at ____temperatures
  5. 6. The general term for the process of forming covalent bonds of relatively short sequences of chemical bonds to join two polymer chains
  6. 7. This type of response to heat softens or melts the polymer with heat
  7. 9. The type of structure of polymers is mainly _____ with regions of crystallinity
  8. 15. Synthetic polymers come from ___________ oil
  9. 17. Type of element that comprise polymers
  10. 18. Polymers can be _______ to chemicals
  11. 20. One advantage of polymers is that they have a ______ range
  12. 21. Connecting polymers with no by-product is called ______polymerization.