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Share"Polymer" is a generic term used to describe a very long molecule consisting of structural units and repeating units connected by covalent chemical bonds.
A key feature that distinguishes polymers from other molecules is the repetition of many identical, similar, or complementary molecular subunits in these chains.
These subunits, the monomers, are small molecules of low to moderate molecular weight, and are linked to each other during a chemical reaction called polymerization.
Although most polymers are organic, with carbon-based monomers, there are also inorganic polymers; for example, the silicones, with a backbone of alternating silicon and oxygen atoms and polyphosphazenes.
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Editor's Note: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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