6. Glossary

Chain; chain

All or part of a macromolecule.

Copolymer; copolymer

A polymer made up of macromolecules whose chains contain at least two types of monomer units. Depending on the number of different monomer units, a copolymer is said to be binary, ternary, etc.

Copolymère statistique, statistic copolymer

Copolymer made up of macromolecules in which the sequential distribution of monomer units obeys...