• Question: is a monomer a one single thing and is a polymer lots of things

    Asked by morgano to Praveen, Michael, Loan, Gemma, Cristina on 12 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Gemma Barron

      Gemma Barron answered on 12 Nov 2015:

      Hi @morgano,
      Thank you for your question. Monomers are small molecules (consisting of one molecule) whilst polymers are many monomers joined together in a long chain (therefore consist of more than one monomer) and so are known are large molecules.
      I hope that answers your question. Thanks, Gemma

    • Photo: Michael Schneider

      Michael Schneider answered on 13 Nov 2015:

      Monomer = one bead. Polymer = one necklace.

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