This free online advanced chemistry course covers natural and synthetic polymers and the polymerisation process. Polymers are a diverse and essential class of natural and synthetic materials. This advanced chemistry course examines polymers and the polymerisation process. We discuss condensation polymerisation, synthetic polyamides and polymers in the human body like proteins and nucleic acids. We also explore synthesis and lay out characteristics of useful polymers, the types of polymerisation reaction and the repeating unit of a polymer prediction.
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Explain condensation and addition polymerisation • Identify monomers in the polymer section • Define ‘polymer’, ‘polyamides’, ‘polymerisation’, ‘esters’ and ‘polyesters’ • Identify the characteristics of polymers found in the human body and describe their important role • Describe the general aspects of proteins and outline their four structures and hydrolysis • Outline the characteristics of nucleic acids • Explain how to predict the type of polymerisation reaction and repeating units • Discuss the properties and applications of synthetic polyamides • Outline the characteristics of Terylene and Polylactic acid (PLA) • Compare low and high-density polyethylene • Identify biodegradable and photodegradable polymers |
| Course Code | 5779 |
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