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Identify polyethylene as an addition polymer and explain the meaning of this term
- Addition Polymer: A polymer formed by molecules adding together without the loss of any atoms. No other product is formed in addition polymerisation.
- Polyethylene is an addition polymer, as it is the only product in the polymerisation of ethylene.
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Addition polymerisation of ethylene to polyethylene