| A | B |
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| condensation polymer | polymer formed when two molecules combine releasing a smaller molecule, usually water |
| addition polymer | polymer formed by the breaking of carbon double or triple bonds |
| copolymer | polymer formed from the bonding of two or more different monomers |
| sintering | process of causing materials to cohere by heating at high temperatures without melting them |
| allotrope | one of two or more structural forms of a single element |
| isotope | one of two or more atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons |
| plastic | polymer that can be formed into different shapes with heat or pressure |
| elastomer | polymer that exhibits rubbery or elastic behavior after formation |
| thermosetting polymer | polymers created by irreversible reactions that make them impossible to melt and reshape |
| fullerene | carbon molecules in which the atoms are arranged in the form of a hollow sphere or cylinder |
| buckyball | a spherical arrangement of 60 carbons |
| monomers | simple molecules that can bond to form polymer chains |
| polymer | a substance consisting of huge molecules that have repeating structural units |
| ceramics | nonmetallic inorganic solids formed by the shaping and firing of a mixture until hard |
| sol-gel process | the most common method used to produce advanced ceramics |
| vulcanization | heating natural rubber with sulfur to form cross-links - developed by Charles Goodyear |
| thermoplastic polymer | polymers that can be heated and then reshaped into different forms |
| carbon nanotube | nanoscopic fullerine tubes made of pure carbon atoms |
| cross linked polymer | a polymer that is covalently bonded at various positions to nearby linear polymers |
