Pick out the correct statement.
(A) Plastics are good conductors of heat and electricity
(B) All the polymers are highly crystalline in nature
(C) Polymers can be vaporised by heating to a very high temperature
(D) The liquid polymer becomes greasy, then waxy and finally solid on
increasing the degree of polymerisation

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Answer :

(D) The liquid polymer becomes greasy, then waxy and finally solid on
increasing the degree of polymerisation

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