Project on the Chemistry of Hairspray. Includes bibliography, chemical structure, ingredients, how it works, and a reflection on the project.

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…not cause buildup. Silicone's chemical structure looks like: Silicones are elastic because the bonds between a silicon atom and the two attached oxygen atoms are very flexible. They can be stretched back and forth, providing for a unique flexible backbone chain, as demonstrated in this picture: Polyvinylpryrrolidone is a type of vinyl polymer. It is made by "free radical vinyl polymerization of the monomer vinylpyrrolidone." The below diagram shows the transformation of vinylpyrrolidone, to polyvinylpryrrolidone: