Summary and Final Tasks

Summary

Free radical polymerization is one of the most important types of polymerizations, and now you should feel comfortable indenting monomers that will undergo free radical polymerization, drawing the free radical polymerization mechanism, and describing how chain transfer affects skeletal structure. It is very key that you understand how the monomers react to give the polymer so that you can draw an accurate repeat unit for any monomer(s) that you start with. Next, we are going to be building upon the foundation we learned in Lesson 4 and apply that to the kinetics of free radical polymerization in Lesson 5.  

Reminder - Complete all of the Lesson 4 tasks!

You have reached the end of Lesson 4! Review the checklist on the Lesson 4 Overview / Checklist page to make sure you have completed all of the activities listed there before you begin Lesson 5.