Chemistry A-Level
Dicarboxylic acid and diol monomers
What Dicarboxylic acid and diol monomers means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Each monomer has two functional groups, so the molecules link repeatedly, and each monomer must carry two reactive functional groups for chain growth.
Topics that use Dicarboxylic acid and diol monomers
- Polyesters and polyamides (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acid hydrolysis of esters
- Addition polymerisation
- Amide group formation
- Amide linkage
- Base hydrolysis of esters
- Condensation polymerisation
- Dicarboxylic acid and diol or diamine monomers
- difunctional monomers
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