Homopolymers, Copolymers and Terpolymers – easy as 1, 2, 3

The terms homopolymer, copolymer and terpolymer may sound like Latin or Greek.  They mean respectively 1,2, or 3 polymers.  This is sort of a misnomer as they are more like MONOmer building blocks conjoined through a reaction.  Let’s start with “polymer”.  ” Poly ” comes from the Greek word for many.  As it pertains to plastic, it means many …

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