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Polymer Basics

This teaching and learning package is an introduction to the basic concepts of polymer science. It includes molecular structure, synthesis and tests for identification.

Aims
Before you start
Introduction
Naming polymers
Shape, size & structure I
Polymer chain morphology
Shape, size & structure II
Stereoregularity
Copolymers
Crystallinity
Synthesis
Molecular weight
Polymer identification
Summary
Questions
Going further

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2D representation of a random walk

First created: 4 August 2010. Last updated: 4 August 2010. Update to HTML5: October 2021.