Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Polymers

Today we introduced polymers.
A polymer is any molecule that consists of several repeating units.

polymers are long molecules of repeating units
a polymer’s shape determines its properties
polymers can be modified to change those properties

Polymers are everywhere, in nature and man made. Toys, plastic wrap, parts of cars, CD players, video cases, even wood, foods, clothing, and our [...]

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