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What is the repeat unit structure of natural rubber? State any two drawbacks of natural rubber.
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written 4.5 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k

Natural rubber is made up of macromolecules. The natural rubber molecule is made up of thousands of repeating units called isoprene units (see image), hence, we call this polyisoprene. The molecular formula for the isoprene unit is C5H8. These units are strung together as a "chain" to form …

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