Polyester

Key Stage 4 Higher

Meaning

Polyester is a polymer made form the condensation polymerisation of Carboxylic Acids and Alcohols which have two functional groups.

References

AQA

Polyester, pages 75, 227, 248-9, GCSE Chemistry; Student Book, Collins, AQA

Polyesters, page 244, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA

Polyesters, pages 170-171, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA

Polyesters, pages 189-90, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA