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Polymers and Plastics

  • Roussak O
  • Gesser H
Springer US, (2012), 191-217
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4262-2_11
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Abstract

A polymer is a large chain molecule of high molecular weight which is composed of a single molecule (monomer) that is repeated many times in the chain. In contrast, a macromolecule is a large molecule composed of many small molecules bound together with chemical bonds, e.g., a protein or DNA. An oligomer is a small polymer of only several monomer units.

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Roussak, O. V., & Gesser, H. D. (2012). Polymers and Plastics. In Applied Chemistry (pp. 191–217). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4262-2_11

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