alternating copolymer 

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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.
See also: homopolymer (Note 1)
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. (Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2301 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'alternating copolymer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00250 RIS BibTex EndNote
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