https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00250
A copolymer consisting of macromolecules comprising two species of monomeric units in alternating sequence.
Note:
An alternating copolymer may be considered as a homopolymer (Note 1) derived from an implicit or hypothetical monomer.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. (Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2301 [Terms] [Paper]