Thursday, January 13, 2011

Activity 1 1/13/2011 Surface Chemical Make-Up

What are the chemicals and their structures that make up cardboard?

Cellulose


What are the chemicals and their structures that make up styrofoam?
Expanded Polystyrene
Polystyrene formation.PNG

What are the chemicals and their structures that make up waxes?

Lanolin, wax is an ester of a long-chain orgainc acid (fatty acid), with a long chain alcohol



Fat: Trigylcerides



Explain why water is attracted to cardboard and not styrofoam.

Because of the electronegativities attracting to one another

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