Polymerization - GRE Subject Test: Chemistry
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Question
Cellulose is a polymer that is composed of what monomer?
Cellulose is a polymer that is composed of what monomer?
Answer
Cellulose is a polysaccharide (a sugar). Glucose is the monosaccharide used to generate the structure of cellulose via 
linkages. Cellulose is composed of several hundred glucose molecules bound in this chain. Due to the nature of the beta linkage, humans cannot digest cellulose.
Cellulose is a polysaccharide (a sugar). Glucose is the monosaccharide used to generate the structure of cellulose via
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