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backbone chain

series of covalently bounded atoms within a linear polymer
Class type of: chemical group Q798368

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
class of chemical groups
Subclass of
chemical group[2]
Part of
linear polymer[3]
Connects with
side chain[6]
Different from
main warp[5]
Has part(s)
carbon chain[4]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 6
GND ID
4419183-2
OpenAlex ID
C2778248756
Freebase ID
/m/01sxfv
IUPAC Gold Book ID
M03694
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778248756
ScienceDirect topic ID
engineering/backbone-chain, engineering/polymer-backbone

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🔗 Connections
Connects with 1
side chain
Has part(s) 1
carbon chain
Subclass of 1
chemical group
← Connects with 1
side chain
← Used by 1
carbon chain
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Summary

backbone chain is a class of chemical groups[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Wostr · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → class of chemical groups
    Has parts → —
    Part of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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