homopolymer
/ˌhoʊməˈpɑlɪmər/
noun
- A polymer made up of only one type of repeating monomer unit.
- Polyethylene is a common homopolymer made from ethylene monomers.
- Unlike copolymers, a homopolymer has a simpler structure because all its building blocks are the same.
- In the lab, scientists created a homopolymer by linking hundreds of identical sugar molecules.
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