Saturated molecules - polymers that have only single bonds
Unsaturated - polymers that have double and triple bonds
Isomerism - same composition but different atomic arrangement of polymers.
Macromolecules - large polymer molecules
Homopolymer - the repeating units are of the same type.
Copolymers - two or more different repeat units.
Functionality - the number of bonds that a monomer can form.
Bi-, trifunctional - the polymer has two or three bonds in the structure.
molecular weight - Depends on the viscosity and the osmotic pressure
decreaseswhen chain is short
increases when chain is long
degree of polymerization -
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