Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A polymer of two or more different monomers.
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- noun chemistry a
polymer derived from more than one species ofmonomer
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- noun a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers
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Examples
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The experimental treatment uses spheres called copolymer micelles that fuse with injured nerve fibers and prevent inflammation from doing more damage to surrounding nerves.
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Styrolux is a styrene butadiene copolymer which is both transparent and also impact-resistant.
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Styrolux is a styrene butadiene copolymer which is both transparent and also impact-resistant.
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INSKEEP: It's a Frank-Kasper sigma phase in sphere-forming block copolymer melts.
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He says this is the story about the discovery of a Frank-Kasper sigma phase in sphere-forming block copolymer melts.
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I got one word for you, young man, one word: Frank-Kasper sigma phase sphere-forming block copolymer melts.
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The copolymer part means they're made from two different plastics, the end product having the best properties of both.
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PALCA: The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymer Bates was studying - and in case you're interested, it was a mix of poly isoprene and poly lactide and poly styrene, poly isoprene and poly ethylene oxide anyway, those X-ray pictures suggested something unusual was going on.
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INSKEEP: It's a Frank-Kasper sigma phase in sphere-forming block copolymer melts.
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The copolymer part means they're made from two different plastics, the end product having the best properties of both.
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