What is the difference between resin and polymer?

Question

What is the difference between resin and polymer?

Answer 1

A polymer is a single molecule made up of several or many smaller molecules joined together

A resin contains many different molecules.  It is a hydrocarbon secretion (containing polymers) of plants.

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Answer 2

RESIN is a part of POLYMER family

like ARM and MEMBER

Answer 3

In my years experience in industry we "informally" defined these as follows:

1) Homopolymer = A high molecular mass product manufactured by polymerising a single monomer, the polymerisarion taking place as a consequence of the double bonds in the monomer. An example would be polyacrylicacid.

2.Copolymer = A high molecular mass product manufactured by polymerising a mixted monomer feed. There can be two monomers, for instance styrene and butadiene which is used extensively in the carpet manufacturing industry. Many copolymers are made from a complex mixture of monomers depending on the end properties required of the polymer. An example would be a pure acrylic polymer used to manufacture paints for wall covering, where the monomers could be esters of acrylic acid, such as butyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylater, 2 - ethyl hexylacrylate etc.

3) Resin We considered resins to be products that were produced by a condensation reaction, such as a urea formaldehyde resin, which is the reaction product of urea and formaldehyde, and water is split off during the condensation reaction. Resins are synthetically produced products

4) Rosin This is a naturally occuring product, normally obtained from trees or the skimmings of the kraft woodpulping process (tall oil rosin)

Answer 4

Resin is the product obtained by combining the same or different, one or many polymers.polymer is the one obtained from the same composition molecules.