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What are homopolymers?

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What are homopolymers?

What are homopolymers? Give appropriate example.

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Polymers in which the repeating structural units are derived from only one type of monomer unit are called homopolymers. Such polymers are obtained by polymerisation of a single monomeric species. Polythene (Polyethylene) is a homopolymer formed from the monomer ethene (CH2 = CH2).

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