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Figure 1: Three common polymer structures. The linear, branched, and network architectures are represented (from top), respectively, by high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), and phenol formaldehyde (PF). The chemical structure and molecular structure of highlighted regions are also shown. Figure 2: Amorphous and semicrystalline polymer morphologies. (Top) Volume-temperature diagram for amorphous and semicrystalline polymers, showing volume increasing with temperature; (bottom) schematic diagram of the semicrystalline morphology, showing amorphous regions and crystallites. homopolymer arrangement of polyvinyl chloride random copolymer arrangement of styrene-butadiene copolymer alternating copolymer arrangement of styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer Figure 3D: The block copolymer arrangement of styrene-isoprene copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents a styrene or isoprene repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula. Figure 3E: The graft copolymer arrangement of ethylene-acrylonitrile copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents an ethylene or acrylonitrile repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula. Figure 4: The formation of a branched polyethylene structure through the process of backbiting, or chain transfer. Figure 5: The polymerization of ethylene (CH2=CH2) using a complex organometallic catalyst (see text).
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Figure 1: Three common polymer structures. The linear, branched, and network architectures are represented (from top), respectively, by high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), and phenol formaldehyde (PF). The chemical structure and molecular structure of highlighted regions are also shown.
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chemistry of industrial polymers, structure and composition of chemical compounds made up of long, chainlike molecules. What distinguishes polymers from other types of compounds is the extremely large size of the molecules. The size of a molecule is measured by its molecular weight, which is equal to the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms that make up the molecule. Atomic weights are given in atomic mass units; in the case of water, for example, a single water molecule, made up of one oxygen atom (16 atomic mass units) and two hydrogen atoms (1 atomic mass unit each), ...(100 of 3981 words)

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