Chemistry A-Level
Repeat unit structure
What Repeat unit structure means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Repeat unit structure
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The smallest section of a polymer chain that, repeated many times, reproduces the whole structure, shown inside brackets with the continuation bonds crossing the brackets.
Topics that use Repeat unit structure
- 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 monomers
- Dicarboxylic acid and diol or diamine monomers
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