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Monomer vs Metallopolymer - What's the difference?

monomer | metallopolymer |

In chemistry terms the difference between monomer and metallopolymer

is that monomer is a relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer while metallopolymer is any polymer containing metal atoms in the repeating monomer, either as part of the backbone or in side chains.

monomer

English

(wikipedia monomer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer.

    • See also

    * dimer * trimer * oligomer ----

    metallopolymer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any polymer containing metal atoms in the repeating monomer, either as part of the backbone or in side chains