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Macromolecular chemistry deals with substances having especially high molecular weights. Macromolecules or polymers consist of at least one hundred atoms linked in a chain-like order. Accordingly, the lower limit for the molecular weight of macromolecular substances is around 103 g/mol. Because of this high molecular weight macromolecules have properties quite different from those of low molecular weight substances. The influence of the molecular weight or, respectively, the length of the polymer chain can be seen very impressively in the case of polyethylene. While polyethylene waxes (molecular weight: a few thousand) have only low tensile strength, polyethylenes with molecular weights above one hundred thousand have substantially better mechanical properties and are used for the production of films, pipes and other performance products. Even higher values of impact strength and abrasion resistance are achieved with ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylenes (molecular weight of several millions) which enable these materials to be used in heavy-duty applications like skating floors and artificial hips.
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General Literature on Macromolecules
1.4.1 Textbooks
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Braun, D., Cherdron, H., Ritter, H. (2001). Introduction. In: Polymer Synthesis: Theory and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04573-2_1
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