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Oligomer vs Oligopolymer - What's the difference?

oligomer | oligopolymer |

As nouns the difference between oligomer and oligopolymer

is that oligomer is (chemistry) a compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred while oligopolymer is a polymer which occurs naturally in crude oil, or in one of its basic refractory components, usually a mixture of 2 or more polymers.

oligomer

English

(wikipedia oligomer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.

    • Derived terms

    * oligomeric

    See also

    * monomer * dimer * trimer * tetramer * pentamer * hexamer * heptamer * octamer * nonamer * decamer * undecamer * dodecamer * tridecamer * tetradecamer * pentadecamer * hexadecamer * heptadecamer * octadecamer * nonadecamer * eicosamer

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    oligopolymer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A polymer which occurs naturally in crude oil, or in one of its basic refractory components, usually a mixture of 2 or more polymers.