2006-07-29 03:45:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
well technically Deoxyribonucleic acid is generally considered the most complex but the largest polymer is dependent on only the length of the polymers strand, for example plastic is a polymer and the longer the piece of plastic the longer the polymer strands, and the shorter the piece of plastic the shorter the strands so basicly any polymer could be the longest.
2006-07-29 08:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plastics win hands down! The problem in answering your question is that a larger polymer is made every day. Consider this... a single fiber of nylon is one molecule. Now consider this... a plastic jug is one molecule. Oh, don't get me wrong... DNA is a nice polymer, but when you consider that by plastics are polymers also... you begin to realize that a well-formed plastic is only one molecule.
2006-07-29 22:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no limit. Because carbon and silicon both have a valency of 4, you can make a chain of carbon or silicon atoms with other atoms hooked onto them quintillions of atoms long.
2006-07-29 22:19:23 · answer #3 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋