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Polyamide — OCR GCSE Chemistry A Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Chemistry · key term

Polyamide

Definition

A polymer whose chain contains amide links, $-\mathrm{C(=O)-NH}-$ ; nylon is an example.

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OCR GCSE Chemistry A · J248

Specification C6.2e, C6.2f · Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher)

Nylon is a polyamide.
Revise: Condensation Polymerisation
A polymer whose chain contains amide links; nylon is a polyamide.
Revise: Polymerisation Techniques

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