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What are homopolymers? Give examples ? |
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Answer» Solution :Homopolymer is a high MOLECULAR mass macromolecule (POLYMER) which is formed from ONE TYPE of monomers . For examples , POLYTHENE is a homopolymer because it is formed from ethene monomer. Copolymer is a high molecular mass macromolecule (or polymer) which is formed from two or more different monomers. For examples. nylon-66 is a copolymer formed from hexamethylene diamine and adipic acid. `underset("Hexamethylene diamine")(nH_2 N - (CH_2)_6 - NH_2) + nHOOC - underset("Adipic acid")((CH_2)_4) - COOH overset("Polymerisation")to underset("Nylon-66(copolymer)")([-NH-(CH_2)_6-NH-CO-(CH_2)_4-CO]_n)` |
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