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What is a Polymer?

By Janice VanCleave

Polymer Model

This chain of varied colored links is a simple representation of a polymer. Like the chain, a polymer is made of single units that are linked together. If you break the word “polymer” in half you get “poly” and “mer.” poly = many AND mer = a single unit polymer= many single units linked together […]

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