How is an organic polymer different from an inorganic polymer?

                    Think of the human body. What is it that gives us our shape? The skeleton of course. Without the skeleton, we would be a lump of flesh. Similarly all polymers have a skeleton which gives them their structure. Organic polymers have a carbon backbone. Their monomers are simple organic compounds.

           On the other hand, the backbone of an inorganic polymer is constituted by elements other than carbon, say phosphorous or sulphur. Most of the organic polymers have simple structures while inorganic polymers are highly branched with complex structures.

           Though they have carbon bonding, graphite and diamond are inorganic polymers. This is because they are constituted by carbon atoms alone which crosslink to give their structure.

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