Write the monomers used for getting the following polymers.

(i) Polyvinyl chloride (ii) Teflon (iii) Bakelite

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(i) The monomer of polyvinyl chloride is $C H_{2} = C H C l$ (vinyl chloride).

(ii) The monomer of teflon is $C F_{2} = C F_{2}$ (tetrafluoroethylene).

(iii) The monomers involved in the formation of bakelite are $H C H O$ (formaldehyde) and $C_{6} H_{5} O H$ (phenol).

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