Polymer vs Polystyrene - What's the difference?
polymer | polystyrene |
(organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
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, title= (organic chemistry) A vinylic polymer of styrene, CH2CHphenyl.
(organic chemistry) An alkane chain of benzene molecules, RCH2CHphenylR.
In organic chemistry terms the difference between polymer and polystyrene
is that polymer is a long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules while polystyrene is an alkane chain of benzene molecules, RCH2CHphenylR.polymer
English
(wikipedia polymer)Noun
(en noun)Charles T. Ambrose
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