Polymer vs Polythene - What's the difference?
polymer | polythene |
(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 compound, chiefly, British) A light thermoplastic used in packaging etc.; polyethylene.
As nouns the difference between polymer and polythene
is that polymer is polymer while polythene is (organic compound|chiefly|british) a light thermoplastic used in packaging etc; polyethylene.polymer
English
(wikipedia polymer)Noun
(en noun)Charles T. Ambrose
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