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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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    forms of chain growth polymerization include cationic addition polymerization and anionic addition polymerization. A special case of chain-growth polymerization...
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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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    In polymer chemistry, step-growth polymerization refers to a type of polymerization mechanism in which bi-functional or multifunctional monomers react...
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  • chain-growth polymerization. During this process, a polymer chain is formed when monomers are bonded together to form long chains known as polymers. Kinetic...
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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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  • all polymer reactions is the depletion of monomer. In chain growth polymerization, two growing chains can collide head to head causing the growth of both...
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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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  • 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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  • definition, but 500 by the second. In step-growth polymerization, in order to achieve a high degree of polymerization (and hence molecular weight), X ¯ n {\displaystyle...
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  • definition (in a chain polymerization) Chemical reaction between a chain carrier and a monomer that results in the growth of a polymer chain and the regeneration...
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  • anionic polymerization: An ionic polymerization in which the kinetic-chain carriers are anions. In polymer chemistry, anionic addition polymerization is a...
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    bonded chain or network. During the polymerization process, some chemical groups may be lost from each monomer. This happens in the polymerization of PET...
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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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  • In polymer chemistry, ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) is a type of chain-growth polymerization involving olefin metathesis. The reaction...
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    polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. It is produced via chain-growth polymerization from the monomer propylene....
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  • Carothers equation (category Polymer chemistry)
    In step-growth polymerization, the Carothers equation (or Carothers' equation) gives the degree of polymerization, Xn, for a given fractional monomer...
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  • Poly(phthalaldehyde) (category Polymer chemistry)
    2023, it is considered the only aromatic aldehyde polymerized through a living chain growth polymerization. Poly(phthalaldehyde) was first reported in 1967...
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    which the growth of polymer chains proceeds by condensation reactions between molecules of all degrees of polymerization. Notes: The growth steps are...
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  • molecular weight of the polymer can be controlled by adding mono-functional chain-cappers. Conventional chain-growth polymerization involves at least two...
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  • H2 → •OH + H• In chain-growth polymerization, the propagation step corresponds to the elongation of the growing polymer chain. Chain transfer corresponds...
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    addition−fragmentation chain-transfer or RAFT polymerization is one of several kinds of reversible-deactivation radical polymerization. It makes use of a chain-transfer...
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  • Bulk polymerization or mass polymerization is carried out by adding a soluble radical initiator to pure monomer in liquid state. The initiator should...
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    Catenation (redirect from Carbon chain)
    dictionary. Backbone chain Chain-growth polymerization Macromolecule Aromaticity Polyhalogen ions Polysulfides Superatom Inorganic polymer Self-assembly Oxford...
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  • salt. Inorganic polymers are formed, like organic polymers, by: Step-growth polymerization: Polysiloxanes; Chain-growth polymerization: Polysilanes; Ring-opening...
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  • Appl. Chem., 2008, 80(10), 2163-2193 In polymer chemistry, ionic polymerization is a chain-growth polymerization in which active centers are ions or ion...
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    polymerization involving polycondensation, whereas acrylic is formed by chain growth polymerization featuring free radicals. The resulting product is homogeneous...
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  • Reactive center (category Polymer chemistry)
    the chemical is involved. In chain-growth polymer chemistry, this is also the point of propagation for a growing chain. The reactive center is commonly...
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  • Catalyst transfer polymerization (CTP), or catalyst transfer polycondensation, is a type of living chain-growth polymerization that is used for synthesizing...
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    Self-healing hydrogels (category Polymer chemistry)
    different polymerization methods may be utilized for the synthesis of the polymer chains that make up hydrogels. Their properties depend on how these chains are...
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