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Define and give an example of a homopolymer?


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Polymer:

  • In polymer, the word “poly” means many, and “mer” means units.
  • Polymers are substances that are made from the many repeating structural units called monomers.
  • Monomers may be of the same type or may be of different types.
  • The formation of polymers from monomer units is called polymerization.

Homopolymer:

  • Homopolymer is a polymer that is made up of only one type of monomer unit.
  • For example, polythene (monomer unit is ethylene), PVC ( monomer unit is vinyl chloride), etc.

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