ACME SMART PUBLICATION
- Books Name
- ACME SMART COACHING Chemistry Book
- Publication
- ACME SMART PUBLICATION
- Course
- CBSE Class 12
- Subject
- Chemistry
Polymers
These are very high molecular mass substances where each molecule is derived from very large number of simple molecules joined together in a regular way. This simple molecule is monomer and the process of formation of polymers from simple molecule is polymerization.
Polymers are two types :
(i) Homopolymers :
Polymers in which repeating structural units are derived from only one type of monomer units are called homopolymers.
Ex. Polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyisoprene, neoprene (polychloroprene) polyacrylonitrile (PAN), nylon-6, polybutadiene, teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene), cellulose, starch etc.
(ii) Copolymers :
Polymers in which repeating structural units are derived from two or more types of monomer units are called copolymers.
Note : In Homo polymer empirical formula of monomer and polymers are same
