This is a condensation polymer. I googled "condensation polymer" and this is what I got. Let me be clear that this is copied word for word from the web. I suspect it is found this way in Wikipedia.
"Condensation polymers are any kind of polymers formed through a condensation reaction—where molecules join together—losing small molecules as by-products such as water or methanol, as opposed to addition polymers which involve the reaction of unsaturated monomers."
Nylon 88 is made from the monomers H2N(CH2)8NH2 and HOOC(CH2)6COOH. So, would you characterize nylon 88 as rather an addition or a condensation polymer? Please explain your answer
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