Polystyrene, addition polymerization, styrene monomer. If there are any known ri
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Question
Polystyrene, addition polymerization, styrene monomer.If there are any known risks of the substance to SEE (society, environment and economy) for synthetic polymers or what can happen if the substance isn’t formed properly in biological polymers. Polystyrene, addition polymerization, styrene monomer.
If there are any known risks of the substance to SEE (society, environment and economy) for synthetic polymers or what can happen if the substance isn’t formed properly in biological polymers.
If there are any known risks of the substance to SEE (society, environment and economy) for synthetic polymers or what can happen if the substance isn’t formed properly in biological polymers.
Explanation / Answer
If the substance (polystyrene) is not formed properly, three things can happen.
(i) The improperly formed polystyrene will be unknowingly used instead of correct polystyrene, as a result, the society can't get the expected outcome.
(ii) The environment gets polluted due to the correct polystyrene itself. Here, the improper polystyrene will furthermore pollute the environment as its degradation is not possible even in acid medium and base medium. For the degradation of polystyrene, chlorinated solvents and aromatic hydrocarbons are used, which will severely pollute the environment.
(iii) First of all, the cost efficiency of polystyrene is more. And if the formed polymer is not proper, then obviously, the economic effect takes place. That too, the degradation of improper polymer needs ever more chlorinated solvents and aromatic hydrocarbons, which is a costly approach.