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Transcribed Image Text:Ethene is produced in the petrochemical industry and is used as an intermediate in the
manufacture of other chemicals, especially plastics. With the use of a catalyst, ethene
molecules can be linked together to form polyethene, a widely used plastic, as represented
by the following equation.
H
H
H
`H
C=C
Ethene is classified as
polyethene by
i - unsaturated
i - halogenated
i - saturated
Oi- aromatic
+
i
H₁
H²
C=C
H
H
catalyst
Ethene is a
The statement above can be completed by
HHHH
C-C-C-C-...
I
HH
II
HH
ii
and is converted to
ii - monomer iii - a polymerization
ii - polymer
iii - a polymerization
ii - polymer
iii - an esterification
ii - monomer iii - an esterification
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