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What are polymers?

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Polymers are macromolecules wịth high molecular mass '(10^3-10^7 t)', having a very large number of simple repeating structural units joined by covalent bonds in a linear fashion. eg, polythene, nylon '-6,6', bakelite, rubber etc.
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    C
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