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Principles of Modern Chemistry

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Chapter22: Inorganic Materials

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With specific reference to Pauling’s rules of crystal chemistry, explain, with the aid of
labeled sketches why the polymerization of silicate tetrahedra or borate triangles can (and
often does) occur in crystal structures, whereas the extended polymerization of carbonate
triangles or sulfate tetrahedra is rare in mineral structures.

Definition Definition Chemical process in which one or more monomers combine to produce a very large chain-like molecule called a polymer. The functional groups present on the monomers and their steric effects are responsible for polymerization through a sequence of reactions that vary in complexity. There exists a stable covalent chemical bond between monomers that sets apart polymerization from other processes.

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