(i) What is the role of Sulphur in the vulcanization of rubber?
(ii) Identify the monomers in the following polymer:
(iii) Arrange the following polymer in the increasing order of their intermolecular forces:
Terylene, Polythene, Neoprene
(i) Vulcanization of rubber consists of heating a mixture of raw rubber with sulphur at temperature of 373K - 415K; sulphur forms cross links at the reactive sites of double bonds and thus gets stiffened.
(ii) Monomer of
are and
(iii) increasing order of their intermolecular forces -
Neoprene<Polythene< Terylene