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Polyamide vs Polyamine - What's the difference?

polyamide | polyamine |

As nouns the difference between polyamide and polyamine

is that polyamide is any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon while polyamine is any compound having many (more than three) amino functional groups; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins.

polyamide

English

Noun

(wikipedia polyamide) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon

    • polyamine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia polyamine) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) any compound having many (more than three) amino functional groups; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins

    • Derived terms

    * acetylpolyamine * polyamine oxidase