Branch unit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-001475",
  "term": "Branch unit",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A constitutional unit that contains a branch point, so that three or more chains of the macromolecule emerge from it. Its functionality is the number of chains meeting there, giving trifunctional units for three chains, tetrafunctional for four and pentafunctional for five. The units within the chains themselves are ordinary linear units.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "branch point",
    "constitutional unit"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. 'Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2297 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122287)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/branch-unit/"
}