How are plastics made from petroleum?
here the explanation you can get from the petroleum alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, each one is separated in the process of refination, for examples alkanes from C4 TO c 33 ARE THE MATTER TO MAKE GASOLINES, BUT THE ALKENES LIKE CH2=CH2 , are considered the basis to make polyethylene by a reaction of polimertization that consists in put in a reactor the polyethylene and addin catalyzers an elevated temperatures you can produce various types polyethylene, for example High densithy polyethylene that you can find in the plastic bottles, another example is from petroleum you can isolate polyisoprene that is he basis to make rubbers, you can find it in tyres, but how do you produce polyisoprene? the same way , in a reactor using catalyzers and elevated temperatures occurs a reaction called adition, 1,2 or 1,4 then by this ways is how you can obtain plastics from petroleum.
