Title: copolymer
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - copolymer
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C01335
Status: current

Definition
A polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.

Note
Copolymers that are obtained by copolymerization of two monomer species are sometimes termed bipolymers, those obtained from three monomers terpolymers, those obtained from four monomers quaterpolymers, etc.

Related Terms
- copolymerization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01336
- monomer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/M04017
- polymer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04735

Source
- PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. 'Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2300 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122287)

Other Outputs
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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01335/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01335/xml

Citation: Citation: 'copolymer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.C01335
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