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Chapter3: The Chemistry Of Life: Organic Compounds

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 4TYU: The synthetic process by which monomers are covalently linked is (a) hydrolysis (b) isomerization...

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Glucose can be used as a monomer to produce two different polymers, starch and cellulose. What is the molecular difference between these two?

Definition Definition Large and very high-molecular-weight substances that consist of hundreds to thousands of repeating units. Polymers are also known as macromolecules. Number-average-molecular weight is the measuring system for the polymers.

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