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Polymer

A polymer is a substance composed of macromolecules. A macromolecule is a molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass.

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Properties

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Polymer

Nodes359
Edges358
Triples254
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005571
Components1

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Polymer

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has application · 23
Polymer → Car, CD, Clothing, Construction, Electronic, For, Household, Insulation, Medical, Modern, Money, Nowadays, OFET, OLED, Packaging, Paints, Personal, PVC, Rubik's Cube, Security
related to Bibliography · 21
Polymer → Academic Press, Alfred, Blackie, Christopher, Cowie, David, Environmental Stress Cracking, Glasgow, Hall, ISBN, John McKenzie Grant, London, Macmillan, New York, PDF, Plastics, Polymers, RAPRA, Rudin, The
related to Synthesis · 15
Polymer → C6H4, CH2, COO, COOH, During, HO, HOOC, OC, OH, PET, Polymerization, Step-growth, Synthetic, The, This
related to Characterization · 14
Polymer → Differential, Fourier-transform, It, Raman, Rheology, Scattering, Select, Size-exclusion, Spectroscopy, The, Thermogravimetry, These, Wide-angle X-ray, X-ray
related to Chemical properties · 14
Polymer → As, Because, Different, Dipole, H-C, Kevlar's, N-H, Polyesters, Polymers, The, These, Twaron, Van, Waals
related to Product failure · 10
Polymer → Attack, Chlorine-induced, Cracks, Failure, If, In, One, They, Traces, US
related to Standardized nomenclature · 10
Polymer → ACS, American Chemical Society, Both, Examples, For, In, IUPAC, Many, The, There
related to Synthetic · 10
Polymer → Bakelite, British English, DNA, Many, More, Most, Oxygen, PVB, Silly Putty, The
related to Microstructure · 9
Polymer → Close-meshed, Cross-links, Highly, In, The, There, These, Various, While
related to history · 8
Polymer → Aztec, Europe, Maya, Olmec, Polymers, South America, The, Thomas Graham

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polymers chain properties also chains molecules monomers synthetic one molecular units used may many chemical structure materials monomer amorphous rubber

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Polymeris asubstance composed of macromolecules0.90text
Polymeris aidentity of its constituent monomers0.90text
DNAinstance ofPolymers range from familiar synthetic plastics such as polystyrene to natural biopolymers0.80text
proteins that are fundamental to biological structureinstance ofPolymers range from familiar synthetic plastics such as polystyrene to natural biopolymers0.80text
functioninstance ofPolymers range from familiar synthetic plastics such as polystyrene to natural biopolymers0.80text
hempinstance ofnaturally occurring and synthetic or man made.NaturalNatural polymeric materials0.80text
shellacinstance ofnaturally occurring and synthetic or man made.NaturalNatural polymeric materials0.80text
amberinstance ofnaturally occurring and synthetic or man made.NaturalNatural polymeric materials0.80text
woolinstance ofnaturally occurring and synthetic or man made.NaturalNatural polymeric materials0.80text
silkinstance ofnaturally occurring and synthetic or man made.NaturalNatural polymeric materials0.80text
and natural rubber have been used for centuriesinstance ofnaturally occurring and synthetic or man made.NaturalNatural polymeric materials0.80text
siliconesinstance ofelements such as silicon form familiar materials0.80text

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