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Sign in to saveright|thumb|350px|Different types of polymers: 1) homopolymer 2) alternating copolymer 3) random copolymer 4) block copolymer 5) graft copolymer.
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19 sectionsContents
- Reactivity ratios
- Linear copolymers
- Block copolymers
- Alternating copolymers
- Periodic copolymers
- Statistical copolymers
- Stereoblock copolymers
- Gradient copolymers
- Branched copolymers
- Graft copolymers
- Star copolymers
- Characterization
- Applications
- Block copolymers
- Alternating copolymers
- Copolymer engineering
- See also
- References
- External links
right|thumb|350px|Different types of polymers: 1) homopolymer 2) alternating copolymer 3) random copolymer 4) block copolymer 5) graft copolymer.
In polymer chemistry, a copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer. The polymerization of monomers into copolymers is called copolymerization. Copolymers obtained from the copolymerization of two monomer species are sometimes called bipolymers. Those obtained from three and four monomers are called terpolymers and quaterpolymers, respectively. Copolymers can be characterized by a variety of techniques such as NMR spectroscopy and size-exclusion chromatography to determine the molecular size, weight, properties, and composition of the material.