Why is polyester considered as polymer? Class 8
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- A special family of polyesters are polycarbonates. Polyesters have hydrocarbon backbones which contain ester linkages, hence the name. The structure in the picture is called poly(ethylene terephthalate), or PET for short, because it is made up of ethylene groups and terephthalate groups (duh!).
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- Polyester is a category of polymers that contain the ester functional group in every repeat unit of their main chain. As a specific material, it most commonly refers to a type called polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
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