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    polymer chemistry, a copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer. The polymerization of monomers into copolymers is called copolymerization...
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    temperatures. Copolymers are classified either as statistical copolymers, alternating copolymers, block copolymers, graft copolymers or gradient copolymers. In...
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    acetate (EVA), also known as poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) (PEVA), is a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate. The weight percent of vinyl acetate usually...
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    PLGA (category Copolymers)
    PLGA, PLG, or poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (CAS: 26780-50-7 ) is a copolymer which is used in a host of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved therapeutic...
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    The polyoxymethylene copolymer replaces about 1–1.5% of the −CH2O− groups with −CH2CH2O−. To make polyoxymethylene copolymer, formaldehyde is generally...
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    ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer) or of the acid moiety (e. g. in ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer). Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers are prepared similarly...
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  • sometimes referred to as thermoplastic rubbers (TPR), are a class of copolymers or a physical mix of polymers (usually a plastic and a rubber) that consist...
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    are three general types of polypropylene: homopolymer, random copolymer, and block copolymer. The comonomer is typically used with ethylene. Ethylene-propylene...
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    Cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) is an amorphous polymer made by several polymer manufacturers. COC is a relatively new class of polymers as compared to...
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  • (short for polybutylene adipate terephthalate) is a biodegradable random copolymer, specifically a copolyester of adipic acid, 1,4-butanediol and terephthalic...
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    colorless liquid is the precursor to polyvinyl acetate, ethene-vinyl acetate copolymers, polyvinyl alcohol, and other important industrial polymers. The worldwide...
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  • Acrylic rubber, known by the chemical name alkyl acrylate copolymer (ACM) or the tradename HyTemp, is a type of rubber that has outstanding resistance...
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    class of chemicals and used in the personal care industry. It is the copolymer of acrylamide and the quaternary ammonium salt diallyldimethylammonium...
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    however it has also extended to describe aggregates of amphiphilic block copolymers in selective solvents. It is important to know the difference between...
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  • diallylammonium chloride copolymer; Diallyldimethylammonium chloride-hydroxyethyl cellulose copolymer Polyquaternium-5 Copolymer of acrylamide and quaternized...
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  • Methacrylate copolymers are a group of polymeric compounds used as food additives. The E numbers are E1205, E1206, and E1207, depending on whether the...
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    "Old" types include ACM (copolymer of acrylic acid ester and 2-chloroethyl vinyl ether) containing chlorine and ANM (copolymer of acrylic acid ester and...
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    Melamine foam is a foam-like material consisting of a melamine-formaldehyde condensate. It is the active component of a number of abrasive cleaner sponges...
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  • consisting of linear segmented block copolymers composed of hard and soft segments. TPU is a block copolymer consisting of alternating sequences of...
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    ‘’brush macromolecule’’. In polymer chemistry, graft polymers are segmented copolymers with a linear backbone of one composite and randomly distributed branches...
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    The polymers are colorless. This homopolymer is far less important than copolymers derived from ethyl acrylate and other monomers. It has a low glass-transition...
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    a brand name for a sulfonated tetrafluoroethylene based fluoropolymer-copolymer synthesized in 1962 by Dr. Donald J. Connolly at the DuPont Experimental...
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  • In polymer chemistry, gradient copolymers are copolymers in which the change in monomer composition is gradual from predominantly one species to predominantly...
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    Tritan, a copolymer offered by the Eastman Chemical Company since 2007, is a transparent plastic intended to replace polycarbonate, because of health...
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    Spandex (category Copolymers)
    fiber known for its exceptional elasticity. It is a polyether-polyurea copolymer that was invented in 1958 by chemist Joseph Shivers at DuPont. The name...
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  • The Mayo–Lewis equation or copolymer equation in polymer chemistry describes the distribution of monomers in a copolymer. It was proposed by Frank R....
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  • index). Living polymerization is a popular method for synthesizing block copolymers since the polymer can be synthesized in stages, each stage containing...
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    EPR effect). Due to its favorable characteristics, HPMA polymers and copolymers are also commonly used to produce synthetic biocompatible medical materials...
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    called slush powder) is a water-absorbing hydrophilic homopolymers or copolymers that can absorb and retain extremely large amounts of a liquid relative...
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    butyl rubber: BIIR) Styrene-butadiene rubber (copolymer of styrene and butadiene, SBR) Nitrile rubber (copolymer of butadiene and acrylonitrile, NBR), also...
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