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Monomer

Index Monomer

A monomer (mono-, "one" + -mer, "part") is a molecule that can react together with other monomer molecules to form a larger polymer chain or three-dimensional network in a process called polymerization. [1]

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  1. 55 relations: Amino acid, Biopolymer, Bisphenol A, Butadiene, Caprolactam, Cellulose, Chain-growth polymerization, Chemical reaction, Chemistry, Comonomer, Condensation polymer, Copolymer, Dicarboxylic acid, Dimethyldichlorosilane, DNA, Epoxide, Epoxy, Ethyl methacrylate, Ethylene, Ethylene glycol, Ethylene oxide, Glucose, Glycine, Glycogen, Glycosidic bond, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Isoprene, Macromolecule, Molecule, Natural rubber, Nucleotide, Polycarbonate, Polydimethylsiloxane, Polyethylene, Polyethylene terephthalate, Polymer, Polymerization, Polystyrene, Polytetrafluoroethylene, Polyvinyl chloride, Prepolymer, Protein, Protein complex, Protein subunit, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ribosome, RNA, Starch, Stoichiometry, Styrene, ... Expand index (5 more) »

Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.

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Biopolymer

Biopolymers are natural polymers produced by the cells of living organisms.

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Bisphenol A

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical compound primarily used in the manufacturing of various plastics. Monomer and Bisphenol A are monomers.

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Butadiene

1,3-Butadiene is the organic compound with the formula CH2. Monomer and Butadiene are monomers.

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Caprolactam

Caprolactam (CPL) is an organic compound with the formula (CH2)5C(O)NH. Monomer and Caprolactam are monomers.

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Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.

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Chain-growth polymerization

Chain-growth polymerization (AE) or chain-growth polymerisation (BE) is a polymerization technique where monomer molecules add onto the active site on a growing polymer chain one at a time.

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Chemical reaction

A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.

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Chemistry

Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.

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Comonomer

In polymer chemistry, a comonomer refers to a polymerizable precursor to a copolymer aside from the principal monomer. Monomer and comonomer are monomers.

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Condensation polymer

In polymer chemistry, condensation polymers are any kind of polymers whose process of polymerization involves a condensation reaction (i.e. a small molecule, such as water or methanol, is produced as a byproduct).

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Copolymer

In polymer chemistry, a copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.

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Dicarboxylic acid

In organic chemistry, a dicarboxylic acid is an organic compound containing two carboxyl groups.

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Dimethyldichlorosilane

Dimethyldichlorosilane is a tetrahedral organosilicon compound with the formula.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.

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Epoxide

In organic chemistry, an epoxide is a cyclic ether, where the ether forms a three-atom ring: two atoms of carbon and one atom of oxygen.

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Epoxy

Epoxy is the family of basic components or cured end products of epoxy resins.

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Ethyl methacrylate

Ethyl methacrylate is the organic compound with the formula C2H5O2CC(CH3). Monomer and Ethyl methacrylate are monomers.

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Ethylene

Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or. Monomer and Ethylene are monomers.

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Ethylene glycol

Ethylene glycol (IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol) is an organic compound (a vicinal diol) with the formula.

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Ethylene oxide

Ethylene oxide is an organic compound with the formula. It is a cyclic ether and the simplest epoxide: a three-membered ring consisting of one oxygen atom and two carbon atoms. Ethylene oxide is a colorless and flammable gas with a faintly sweet odor. Because it is a strained ring, ethylene oxide easily participates in a number of addition reactions that result in ring-opening. Monomer and ethylene oxide are monomers.

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Glucose

Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula.

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Glycine

Glycine (symbol Gly or G) is an amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain.

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Glycogen

Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals, fungi, and bacteria.

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Glycosidic bond

A glycosidic bond or glycosidic linkage is a type of ether bond that joins a carbohydrate (sugar) molecule to another group, which may or may not be another carbohydrate.

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations working for the advancement of the chemical sciences, especially by developing nomenclature and terminology.

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Isoprene

Isoprene, or 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, is a common volatile organic compound with the formula CH2. Monomer and Isoprene are monomers.

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Macromolecule

A macromolecule is a very large molecule important to biological processes, such as a protein or nucleic acid.

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Molecule

A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion.

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Natural rubber

Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho, or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.

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Nucleotide

Nucleotides are organic molecules composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate.

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Polycarbonate

Polycarbonates (PC) are a group of thermoplastic polymers containing carbonate groups in their chemical structures.

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Polydimethylsiloxane

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), also known as dimethylpolysiloxane or dimethicone, is a silicone polymer with a wide variety of uses, from cosmetics to industrial lubrication and passive daytime radiative cooling.

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Polyethylene

Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic.

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Polyethylene terephthalate

Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, and thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fibre for engineering resins.

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Polymer

A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.

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Polymerization

In polymer chemistry, polymerization (American English), or polymerisation (British English), is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains or three-dimensional networks.

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Polystyrene

Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene.

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Polytetrafluoroethylene

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, and has numerous applications because it is chemically inert.

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Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride (alternatively: poly(vinyl chloride), colloquial: vinyl or polyvinyl; abbreviated: PVC) is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic polymer of plastic (after polyethylene and polypropylene).

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Prepolymer

In polymer chemistry, the term prepolymer or pre-polymer, refers to a monomer or system of monomers that have been reacted to an intermediate-molecular mass state.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Protein complex

A protein complex or multiprotein complex is a group of two or more associated polypeptide chains.

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Protein subunit

In structural biology, a protein subunit is a polypeptide chain or single protein molecule that assembles (or "coassembles") with others to form a protein complex.

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Pure and Applied Chemistry

Pure and Applied Chemistry is the official journal for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

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Ribosome

Ribosomes are macromolecular machines, found within all cells, that perform biological protein synthesis (messenger RNA translation).

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RNA

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule that is essential for most biological functions, either by performing the function itself (non-coding RNA) or by forming a template for the production of proteins (messenger RNA).

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Starch

Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds.

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Stoichiometry

Stoichiometry is the relationship between the weights of reactants and products before, during, and following chemical reactions.

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Styrene

Styrene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH. Monomer and Styrene are monomers.

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Synthetic rubber

A synthetic rubber is an artificial elastomer.

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Terephthalic acid

Terephthalic acid is an organic compound with formula C6H4(CO2H)2.

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Tetrafluoroethylene

Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is a fluorocarbon with the chemical formula C2F4. Monomer and Tetrafluoroethylene are monomers.

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Vinyl acetate

Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO2CH. Monomer and Vinyl acetate are monomers.

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Vinyl chloride

Vinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula H2C. Monomer and Vinyl chloride are monomers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomer

Also known as Mer (chemistry), Monomer(s), Monomeric, Monomers, Mononomer.

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