Introduction to Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers

In spite of such wide-ranging applications and ubiquitous presence car-

on-based polymeric materials probably do not have the capability to fulfil  all the demands and needs of new applications. For example, many organic polymers are not suitable for applications at extreme temperatures. Typically, at very low temperatures they become very brittle while at high temperatures they are oxidatively degraded. Also, most organic polymers are fire hazard because of their excellent flammability properties. Most often it is required to blend fire-retardant additives to organic polymers to make them less hazardous with respect to inflammability. Another important limitation is that the petroleum feed stocks are not going to last forever. Clearly this stock is going to run out fairly quickly given the rate of its consumption.

  1. Disadvantages of Organic Polymers
  2. Advantages of Inorganic Polymers
  3. Scope of Inorganic & Organometallic Polymers
  4. Procedures for Synthesizing Organic Polymers
    • Polymerization of unsaturated organic monomers.
    • Condensation of (usually) two difunctional monomers with each other.
    • Ring-opening polymerization of cyclic organic rings to linear chain polymers

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