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Name the monomer and the type of polymerisation that takes place when PTFE is formed.

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Monomer: tetrafluoroethene ($\mathrm{CF_2{=}CF_2}$). Type: addition polymerisation (free radical).
Polymers

From ISC 2019 Chemistry Paper 1, question 5(i).