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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.
Biopolymer
Biopolymers are natural polymers produced by the cells of living organisms.
Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical compound primarily used in the manufacturing of various plastics. Monomer and Bisphenol A are monomers.
Butadiene
1,3-Butadiene is the organic compound with the formula CH2. Monomer and Butadiene are monomers.
Caprolactam
Caprolactam (CPL) is an organic compound with the formula (CH2)5C(O)NH. Monomer and Caprolactam are monomers.
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.
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.
See Monomer and Chain-growth polymerization
Chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.
See Monomer and Chemical reaction
Chemistry
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.
Comonomer
In polymer chemistry, a comonomer refers to a polymerizable precursor to a copolymer aside from the principal monomer. Monomer and comonomer are monomers.
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).
See Monomer and Condensation polymer
Copolymer
In polymer chemistry, a copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.
Dicarboxylic acid
In organic chemistry, a dicarboxylic acid is an organic compound containing two carboxyl groups.
See Monomer and Dicarboxylic acid
Dimethyldichlorosilane
Dimethyldichlorosilane is a tetrahedral organosilicon compound with the formula.
See Monomer and Dimethyldichlorosilane
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
See Monomer and DNA
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.
Epoxy
Epoxy is the family of basic components or cured end products of epoxy resins.
Ethyl methacrylate
Ethyl methacrylate is the organic compound with the formula C2H5O2CC(CH3). Monomer and Ethyl methacrylate are monomers.
See Monomer and Ethyl methacrylate
Ethylene
Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or. Monomer and Ethylene are monomers.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol (IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol) is an organic compound (a vicinal diol) with the formula.
See Monomer and Ethylene glycol
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.
See Monomer and Ethylene oxide
Glucose
Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula.
Glycine
Glycine (symbol Gly or G) is an amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain.
Glycogen
Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals, fungi, and bacteria.
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.
See Monomer and Glycosidic bond
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.
See Monomer and International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Isoprene
Isoprene, or 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, is a common volatile organic compound with the formula CH2. Monomer and Isoprene are monomers.
Macromolecule
A macromolecule is a very large molecule important to biological processes, such as a protein or nucleic acid.
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.
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.
See Monomer and Natural rubber
Nucleotide
Nucleotides are organic molecules composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate.
Polycarbonate
Polycarbonates (PC) are a group of thermoplastic polymers containing carbonate groups in their chemical structures.
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.
See Monomer and Polydimethylsiloxane
Polyethylene
Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic.
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.
See Monomer and Polyethylene terephthalate
Polymer
A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.
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.
See Monomer and Polymerization
Polystyrene
Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene.
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, and has numerous applications because it is chemically inert.
See Monomer and Polytetrafluoroethylene
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).
See Monomer and Polyvinyl chloride
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.
Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Protein complex
A protein complex or multiprotein complex is a group of two or more associated polypeptide chains.
See Monomer and Protein complex
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.
See Monomer and Protein subunit
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Pure and Applied Chemistry is the official journal for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
See Monomer and Pure and Applied Chemistry
Ribosome
Ribosomes are macromolecular machines, found within all cells, that perform biological protein synthesis (messenger RNA translation).
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).
See Monomer and RNA
Starch
Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds.
Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry is the relationship between the weights of reactants and products before, during, and following chemical reactions.
Styrene
Styrene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH. Monomer and Styrene are monomers.
Synthetic rubber
A synthetic rubber is an artificial elastomer.
See Monomer and Synthetic rubber
Terephthalic acid
Terephthalic acid is an organic compound with formula C6H4(CO2H)2.
See Monomer and Terephthalic acid
Tetrafluoroethylene
Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is a fluorocarbon with the chemical formula C2F4. Monomer and Tetrafluoroethylene are monomers.
See Monomer and Tetrafluoroethylene
Vinyl acetate
Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO2CH. Monomer and Vinyl acetate are monomers.
Vinyl chloride
Vinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula H2C. Monomer and Vinyl chloride are monomers.
See Monomer and Vinyl chloride
References
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