Inorganic polymer

Inorganic polymer

Inorganic polymers are polymers whose repeat units use chemical elements other than carbon, although several such materials also contain carbon atoms. One of the best known examples is polydimethylsiloxane, otherwise known commonly as silicone rubber. It has a repeat unit based on silicon and oxygen:

— [O-Si(CH3)2] "n"

Silicon and oxygen also occur widely in a range of inorganic minerals, including silica, mica and feldspar with other elements.

The inorganic sulfur-nitrogen polymer polythiazyl, (SN)"x", is, highly unusually, a metallic superconducting polymer below 0.26 K [ cite journal | title = Polysulfur nitride - a metallic, superconducting polymer | author = M. M. Labes, P. Love, and L. F. Nichols | journal = Chem. Rev. | year = 1979 | volume = 79 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-15 | doi = 10.1021/cr60317a002 ] .

Examples

* Polyphosphazene
* Polysulfide
* Borazine
* Polystannane

References

External links

* [http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=196631 Polymer Structure]


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