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chemical > organic substance > polymer > addition polymer

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addition polymer  

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  • A polymer formed by the chain addition of unsaturated monomer molecules, such as olefins, with one another without the formation of a by-product, as water; examples are polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene.

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