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Define the term 'homopolymerisation' giving an example.

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A homo polymer is a polymer where every monomer unit of the chain is the same. The polymerization of single type of monomer to form homopolymer is called as homopolymerization. For example, polyethylene. The homopolymerization reaction of polythene is shown above.

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