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monomer
[ mon-uh-mer ]
noun
- a molecule of low molecular weight capable of reacting with identical or different molecules of low molecular weight to form a polymer.
monomer
/ ˈmɒnəmə; ˌmɒnəˈmɛrɪk /
noun
- chem a compound whose molecules can join together to form a polymer
monomer
/ mŏn′ə-mər /
- A molecule that can combine with others of the same kind to form a polymer. Glucose molecules, for example, are monomers that can combine to form the polymer cellulose. Polymers can also be composed of different kinds of monomers.
Derived Forms
- monomeric, adjective
Other Words From
- mon·o·mer·ic [mon-, uh, -, mer, -ik], adjective
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Example Sentences
Her lab is figuring out how to induce microbes to convert sugar from plants into monomers that can then be chemically converted into polymers to create plastic.
Piecing pure monomers back together creates plastic that’s good as new.
Those monomers can then be separated from dyes and other contaminants.
The molecules that make up plastics are called polymers, which are made of smaller monomers.
Simply dunking the plastic in an acid solution with a pH of 1 or 2 is enough to break the bonds between its monomer building blocks.
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