Which one of the following is a copolymer?

Question

Which one of the following is a copolymer? (A) Buna-S (B) Polyvinyl chloride (C) Polypropylene (D) Poly-cis-isoprene

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Polymers whose repeating units are derived from two or more types of monomer units, are called copolymer. Only Buna-S is obtained by the copolymerization of butadiene and styrene monomers. Other polymers B, C and D are homopolymers, because they consist of only one type of monomers.

Q. Which one of the following is a copolymer?

Buna-S

Polyvinyl chloride

Polypropylene

Poly-cis-isoprene

Polymers whose repeating units are derived from two or more types of monomer units, are called copolymer. Only Buna-S is obtained by the copolymerization of butadiene and styrene monomers. Other polymers B, C and D are homopolymers, because they consist of only one type of monomers.