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Offline charlie1001

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Polyethylene equation??
« on: April 04, 2019, 02:10:38 PM »
I'm doing a project and long story short we have to make a report on a chemical formula. I was chosen to do polyethylene but i can't find a formula with reactants and products. I know its formula is (C2H2)n but is there like an actual formula like 2H2 + O2 :rarrow: 2H20 ?
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Offline chenbeier

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Re: Polyethylene equation??
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2019, 03:43:42 PM »
You found already the product. But the formula is wrong.  The reactant is the monomer of it ethylene. What is the right formula of it?
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Re: Polyethylene equation??
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2019, 03:52:16 PM »
I hope this isn't too advanced but polyethylene is polymerized from ethylene using a class of metal catalysts known as Ziegler-Natta catalysts. Hopefully looking up some of these terms and structures will get you on your way.
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Re: Polyethylene equation??
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