difunctional monomers
What difunctional monomers means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Monomers that each carry two functional groups and join repeatedly to form a condensation polymer.
Every monomer needs two reacting groups so that the chain can grow at both ends.
Topics that use difunctional monomers
- Condensation polymers (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Polyesters and polyamides (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Condensation polymerisation
- ester and amide links
- hydrogen bonding between chains
- Acid hydrolysis of esters
- Addition polymerisation
- Amide group formation
- Amide linkage
- amino acid self-condensation
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