Amylose and Polystyrene


The WebWare molecules of the month are amylose and polystyrene, which are examined in JCE Classroom Activity #57: "Pondering Packing Peanuts Polymers". In the activity, students investigate polymers and their chemical composition. The structures below show several repeating units of the two polymers. The helical, 50-unit amylose shows the structure that complexes with iodine to produce the blue charge-transfer complex in the starch iodine test.
Contents
Amylose and Polystyrene   
(Interactive Simulation (1))
Keywords
Pedagogies
Internet / Web-Based Learning |
Multimedia-Based Learning
Topics
Molecular Modeling |
Molecular Properties / Structure