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Write the definition of homo polymer & co-polymer.

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Homo polymers are made by polymerization of the monomers of the same structure e.g. polythene, nylon-6, polystyrene etc.
Hetero polymers are made by polymerization of the monomers of different structures e.g. terylene, nylon-6,6, Buna-S, Buna-N etc.

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