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Is [HN.CHR-CO]n a homo polymer or a copolymer

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Answer:(−NH−CHR−CO−)n is a homopolymer. The reason is that it has a single monomer (NH2−CHR−COOH), α−amino acid.

If a polymer consists of only one kind of monomer then it is called a homopolymer, while a polymer that consists of more than one kind of monomer is called a copolymer

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