Polyesters and Polyamides Videos

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Contents

1 Overview: Polyesters and Polyamides
2 Introduction to Condensation Polymerisation
3 Polyesters
4 Polyamides
5 Hydrolysis of Polyesters
6 Hydrolysis of Polyamides

Overview: Polyesters and Polyamides

This is an overview of Topic 34: Polyesters and Polyamides. It includes the preparation of both via a condensation reaction, functional groups, repeating units and monomers.

Introduction to Condensation Polymerisation

This video explains what condensation polymerisation is and uses examples to show how it works

Polyesters

This video explains how polyesters are made and uses examples to show how monomers can be derived from polymer repeat unit.

Polyamides

This video explains how polyamides are made and highlights the functional group of the polyamide.

Hydrolysis of Polyesters

This video explains what hydrolysis is and the products of acid/base hydrolysis of a polyester are.

Hydrolysis of Polyamides

This video looks at the products of acid/base hydrolysis of a polyamide and how to write the equations.