Definitions in Polymer
1. POLYMER: 'Poly' stands for many and 'mer' stands 1 link/unit. So simple said, polymer stands for a chain/sequence of similar/different links/units.
2. MACROMOLECULE: Simply put it means for a very large molecule. Polymers with the higher number of linked monomers almost always may be termed as a macromolecule.
3. MONOMER/OLIGOMER: From above we may define the follwing corrollaries. Monomer stands for single link/unit. Oligomer stands for a few links/units.
4. DISTRIBUTIONS: Polymers are essentially a group of molecules together clustered as one product. Hence, to explain the properties one has to always think in the terms of distribution. Distribution in term of length of molecule (MWD, PDI), chemical composition (CCD) etc.
5. BACKBONE: Main chain skeleton excluding the endgroups.
6. ENDGROUPS: The endings of a polmers, could be two for a linear chain but >2 if branching is present.
7. CROSSLINKING: When two polymer chains are also interconnected.
2. MACROMOLECULE: Simply put it means for a very large molecule. Polymers with the higher number of linked monomers almost always may be termed as a macromolecule.
3. MONOMER/OLIGOMER: From above we may define the follwing corrollaries. Monomer stands for single link/unit. Oligomer stands for a few links/units.
4. DISTRIBUTIONS: Polymers are essentially a group of molecules together clustered as one product. Hence, to explain the properties one has to always think in the terms of distribution. Distribution in term of length of molecule (MWD, PDI), chemical composition (CCD) etc.
5. BACKBONE: Main chain skeleton excluding the endgroups.
6. ENDGROUPS: The endings of a polmers, could be two for a linear chain but >2 if branching is present.
7. CROSSLINKING: When two polymer chains are also interconnected.
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