whats a homopolymer copolymer, give examples

The polymers that are formed by the polymerization of a single monomer are known as homopolymers. For example, polystyrene is a homopolymer of styrene.

The polymers whose repeating units are derived from two types of monomers are known as copolymers. For example, Buna−S is a copolymer of 1, 3-butadiene and styrene.

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homopolymer are formed by one monomer unit eg. nylon6

coplymer are formed by two monomer unit eg.buna-S

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