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POLYMERS Introduction The term macromolecule, or polymer, is applied to substances of high molecular weight that are composed of a large number (usually at least 100) of units of low molecular weight joined by covalent bonds. If the low molecular weight units making up the macromolecule are bonded end-to-end in a long chain and no covalent chemical bonds exist between the chains, the macromolecules are called linear polymers. Such polymers, unless of extremely high molecular weight (1000000) ,can usually be dissolved and, when heated, they soften or melt so that they can be extruded into fiber