Assignment:
Q1. PET is the most valuable plastic at the present time. Suggest a way to separate it from the others at a plastic recycling center.
Q2. Since waste plastics are mostly hydrocarbons, it has been suggested that waste plastic be used as fuel. From your observations, is this a reasonable suggestion. Defend your answer.
Q3. Suppose you have two other plastics to fit into your scheme. These are polymethymethacrylate (density 1.19 g/mL) and poly-4-methyul-1-pentene (density 0.83 g/mL). Where would they fit in your scheme?
Q4. Identify five common household plastics and for each of the plastics, show the starting monomer and the final polymer structure. For each polymer, show at least two monomer's worth. For example, polyethylene is ~CH2CH2-CH2CH2~.
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.