What is a Polymer?
What is a Polymer? In Michael M. Coleman and Paul C. Painter’s book, Fundamentals of Polymer Science: An Introductory Text, they described a Polymer as a large molecule, or macromolecule, composed of many repeated subunits. Polymer actually means “many-parts” (poly-, “many” + -mer, “parts”) in Greek. It can be both synthetic and natural. Natural Polymers Synthetic Man Made Polymers Rubbers […]
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