Structure of polymers
June 18th, 2008
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Polymer chains can be linear, but this is not true for all polymers. There are also non-linear skeletal structures shown belw.
Branched polymers have side chains, or branches, which are bonded to the main chain at branch points,alsi called junction points. Network polymers have 3-dimensional structures in which each chain is connected to all others by a sequence of junction points and other chains. Such polymers are said to be cross-linked .
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