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Plastics are examples of materials known as?
polymers
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What are polymers
long chain molecules formed by joining together a large number of small molecules called monomers
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What is an addition polymerisation?
a chemical reaction in which unsaturated monomers are joined, forming a polymer
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The names of addition polymers are derived from?
the name of the monomer used
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What is a repeating unit?
the shortest section of polymer chain which, if repeated, would yield the complete polymer chain
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The structure of a polymer can be drawn given
either the structure of the monomer or the repeating unit
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