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Summary of Polymers for Chemistry A2 Unit 2 CCEA GCE

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Polymer a largemoleculeconsisting ofmanyrepeating monomerunitsjoinedtogether
Monomer a smallmoleculejoiningtogethertoform a longchain polymer

Condensation polymerisation

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Subject: Chemistry
Unit: Unit A2 2 - Analytical, Transition Metals, Electrochemistry and Further Organic Chemistry

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