Condensation polymers and hydrolysis sim
Pull a nylon thread from between two liquids, build a polyamide or polyester as a water molecule leaves at each link, then break the chain back into monomers by acid hydrolysis.
Condensation polymers: polyamides and polyesters · covers the O-Level, IGCSE, GCSE topic
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