• anionic polymerization: An ionic polymerization in which the kinetic-chain carriers are anions. In polymer chemistry, anionic addition polymerization...
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    In polymer chemistry, radical polymerization (RP) is a method of polymerization by which a polymer forms by the successive addition of a radical to building...
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    growth polymerization include cationic addition polymerization and anionic addition polymerization. A special case of chain-growth polymerization leads...
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  • through polymerization of ethene. It can be produced through radical polymerization, anionic addition polymerization, ion coordination polymerization or cationic...
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    Chain-growth polymerization (AE) or chain-growth polymerisation (BE) is a polymerization technique where monomer molecules add onto the active site on...
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  • polymer chemistry, ring-opening polymerization (ROP) is a form of chain-growth polymerization in which the terminus of a polymer chain attacks cyclic monomers...
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  • cationic polymerization: An ionic polymerization in which the kinetic-chain carriers are cations. In polymer chemistry, cationic polymerization is a type...
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  • In polymer chemistry, living polymerization is a form of chain growth polymerization where the ability of a growing polymer chain to terminate has been...
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    Dispersity (category Polymer chemistry)
    polymer. For bulk radical polymerization with low (<10%) conversion, anionic polymerization, and step growth polymerization to high conversion (>99%)...
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    oligomers. An anionic addition polymerization with n-butyllithium results in a fully polymerized product. X-ray diffraction of the polymer shows that the...
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    Inverse emulsion polymerization requires water, monomers, and a surfactant. Also, inverse emulsion polymerization is used to polymerize hydrophilic monomers...
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  • type of polymerization. The masking can be removed after polymerization so that they regain their pH-sensitive functionality. Living polymerization is often...
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  • alternative to radical polymerization, and may refer to anionic polymerization or cationic polymerization. As with radical polymerization, reactions are initiated...
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  • Reactive center (category Polymer chemistry)
    chain-growth polymer chemistry, this is also the point of propagation for a growing chain. The reactive center is commonly radical, anionic, or cationic...
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    transfer polymerization, transition metal catalysis, living anionic polymerization, living cationic polymerization, ring opening polymerization, ring-opening...
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    a challenge with, for example, anionic polymerization, group transfer polymerization (GTP, see living polymerization) and ATRP. The latter is not currently...
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    additives can be removed from the polymer. Solution-SBR is produced by an anionic polymerization process. Polymerization is initiated by alkyl lithium compounds...
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    metathesis polymerization (ROMP), and living cationic or living anionic polymerizations. An emerging technique is chain shuttling polymerization. The synthesis...
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    Polyacrylic acid (category Acrylate polymers)
    like any acrylate polymer, is usually synthesized through a process known as free radical polymerization, though graft polymerization may also be used...
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    methyl ethers. Sodium methoxide is used as an initiator of anionic addition polymerization with ethylene oxide, forming a polyether with high molecular...
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  • In polymer chemistry, emulsion polymerization is a type of radical polymerization that usually starts with an emulsion incorporating water, monomers, and...
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  • added to lower interfacial tension and stabilize polymer particles to prevent demulsification. Anionic surfactants such as sodium dodecyl sulfate are most...
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  • polymerisation is a form of polymerization that is catalyzed by transition metal salts and complexes. Coordination polymerization started in the 1950s with...
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  • radical polymerization known as reversibly addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) mediated polymerization. RAFT-mediated polymerization of PTMA...
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    functional resins can be homo-polymerized with anionic or cationic catalysts and heat, or copolymerised through nucleophilic addition reactions with multifunctional...
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    Polystyrene (category Organic polymers)
    co-polymerization, SBC by anionic block co-polymerization, which makes it transparent in case of appropriate block size. If styrene-butane co-polymer has...
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    a white powder when pure. It is used as an initiator of an anionic addition polymerization with ethylene oxide, forming a polyether with high molecular...
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    Α-Olefin sulfonate (category Anionic surfactants)
    content. In addition to a longer hydrocarbon chain in which there must be at least one double bond (hence the name "olefin"), it has an anionic sulfonate...
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    Polyethylene glycol (category Polymers)
    Depending on the catalyst type, the mechanism of polymerization can be cationic or anionic. The anionic mechanism is preferable because it allows one to...
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    lower pKa than styrene, it is an effective mediator in the anionic living polymerization of styrene-block-methyl methacrylate copolymers. Polystyrene...
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