Polyethylene as an Addition Polymer

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Identify polyethylene as an addition polymer and explain the meaning of this term

  • Addition Polymer: A polymer formed by molecules adding together without the loss of any atoms. No other product is formed in addition polymerisation.
  • Polyethylene is an addition polymer, as it is the only product in the polymerisation of ethylene.

Addition polymerisation of ethylene to polyethylene