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Polymers and composites for electrotechnics

Authors: Gilbert TEYSSEDRE, Laurent BOUDOU

Publication date: May 10, 2010, Review date: October 2, 2020

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1. Definitions

1.1 Polymers

A polymer is a material composed of long molecular chains called macromolecules. A macromolecule is a molecule resulting from the covalent linking of —A— units called monomers:

A−A−A−A−....(−A−)n

n representing the degree of polymerization.

The chemical structure of the polymer, i.e. the nature of the atoms making it up, is given by the structure of the constituent...

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