why do Aldehyde need strong acid(H2SO4) for being polymer?

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why do Aldehyde need strong acid(H2SO4) for being polymer?

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Aldehyde become polymer in strong acid

i don't know the role of H2SO4(Strong acid)

my expression is so poor because my mother tongue
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A strong acid is a catalyst of the polymerization for aldehydes.
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Xen wrote:A strong acid is a catalyst of the polymerization for aldehydes.
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