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homopolymer

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ho·mo·pol·y·mer (hm-pl-mr)
n.
A polymer composed of identical monomeric units.

homopolymer
[hō′mōpol′imir]
Etymology: Gk, homos + poly, many, meros, part
a compound formed from subunits that are the same, such as a carbohydrate composed of a series of glucose units.


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From DPP monomer, FRX has developed a PPh homopolymer resin, FRX 100, which is clear and inherently flame retardant, but brittle at room temperature, so it is marketed for use in alloys.
Enzymatic degradation of this complete stereocomplex is very small compared with PLLA homopolymer (10), (16) because the stereocomplex structures were hardly to be attacked by proteinase K.
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