2007-05-19 16:20:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
A polymer is a repeating chain of monomers. Monomers are the basic repeating units. Polymers can be made form just one monomer or several different kinds. Examples of polymers are polystyrene, kevlar, nylon, proteins, rubber, and on and on.
2007-05-19 16:30:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its really quite simple. Well first, do you know what a monomer is? A monomer is a small molecule and a Polymer is just several monoomers that are held together by covelant bonds. A covalent bond is a chemical bond that atoms share one pair of electrons in.
2007-05-19 16:34:02 · answer #2 · answered by girlygirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a polymer is basically a long chain of repeated units called monomers. there are 2 kinds of polymerisation. addition polymerisation, and condensation polymerisation.
addition polymerisation is basically when the monomers simply add together with no other products formed. condensation polymerisation occurs when water is formed from the bonding of the monomers. one such example could be amino acids joining together to form proteins. water is formed in the process.
hope that helps.
cheers :)
2007-05-19 16:27:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very long or heavy molecule which is characterized by repeating units. Most fibers are polymers, including the natural ones cotton and wool. An example would be vinyl chloride
-[CHCl-CHCl]-, where the repeating unit is in brackets.
2007-05-19 16:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very large molecule formed by the covalent bonding of repeating small molecules, known as monomers
2007-05-19 16:25:25 · answer #5 · answered by janelle s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is large chain (macromolecule) formed by repeating small units (micromolecules) . ( monomer)n
eg. nylon. it is polyamide fibre.
2007-05-19 17:27:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋