Artificial polymer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000816",
  "term": "Artificial polymer",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Any polymer produced by people rather than by living organisms and not itself a biopolymer, which covers fully synthetic polymers such as polyethylene as well as chemically modified biopolymers such as cellulose acetate and cellulose nitrate. Laboratory copies of biopolymers are called synthetic biopolymers instead.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "genetic engineering"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2012, 84, 377. 'Terminology for biorelated polymers and applications (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 380 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-10-12-04)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/artificial-polymer/"
}