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n. - A chemical process that combines several monomers to form a natural or synthetic chemical compound or mixture of compounds consisting essentially of repeating structural units;

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  • Until now PLA has been produced in a two-step fermentation and chemical process of polymerization, which is complex and expensive.
  • Until now PLA has been produced in a two-step fermentation and chemical process of polymerization, which is both complex and expensive.
  • Until now, PLA has been produced in a two-step fermentation and chemical process of polymerization, which is both complex and expensive.
  • My house looks like a shrine to synthetic polymerization products.
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