What makes a polymer different from a small molecule?
Covalent bonds hold atoms within each chain, whereas intermolecular forces attract separate chains.
A polymer diagram usually shows only part of the chain because the complete molecule is too large to draw.
Very large molecules containing many atoms joined into long chains.
A shared pair of electrons between two atoms.
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