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Polyethylene is composed mainly of monomeric ethylene units. However, commercial polyethylenes are also composed of comonomers that will influence product properties. The typical structure of high-density polyethylene is – (CH ₂ ) _n – (CH-R) _m –, with R representing the comonomer. A detailed view of this structure can be found at 4.1.1 ...

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