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Q. Teflon is an example of polymer which is a/an

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Teflon is prepared by the combination of a large number of tetrafluoroethylene molecules, without the elimination of any small molecule. Therefore, it is an example of addition homopolymer.

$nCF _{2}= CF _{2} \longrightarrow tCF _{2}- CF _{2}- n$