In polymer chemistry, an addition polymer is a polymer that forms by simple linking of monomers without the co-generation of other products. Addition polymerization...

anionic polymerization: An ionic polymerization in which the kinetic-chain carriers are anions. In polymer chemistry, anionic addition polymerization is a...

growth polymerization include cationic addition polymerization and anionic addition polymerization. A special case of chain-growth polymerization leads...

In polymer chemistry, free-radical polymerization (FRP) is a method of polymerization by which a polymer forms by the successive addition of free-radical...

Chain-growth polymerization (AE) or chain-growth polymerisation (BE) is a polymerization technique where monomer molecules add onto the active site on...

IUPAC definition A polymer is a substance composed of macromolecules. A macromolecule is a molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of...

Reversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer or RAFT polymerization is one of several kinds of reversible-deactivation radical polymerization. It makes...

cationic polymerization: An ionic polymerization in which the kinetic-chain carriers are cations. In polymer chemistry, cationic polymerization is a type...

In polymer chemistry, step-growth polymerization refers to a type of polymerization mechanism in which bi-functional or multifunctional monomers react...

of polymerization are chain polymerization and polyaddition, both of which give addition polymers. IUPAC definition Polycondensation A polymerization in...

to the synthetic polymers. IUPAC definition Artificial polymer: Man-made polymer that is not a biopolymer. Note 1: Artificial polymer should also be used...

In materials science, a thermosetting polymer, often called a thermoset, is a polymer that is obtained by irreversibly hardening ("curing") a soft solid...

A lithium polymer battery, or more correctly, lithium-ion polymer battery (abbreviated as LiPo, LIP, Li-poly, lithium-poly, and others), is a rechargeable...

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Polymer engineering is generally an engineering field that designs, analyses, and modifies polymer materials. Polymer engineering covers aspects of the...

aromatic compounds) react more readily, by means of substitution, addition, polymerization. At higher temperatures they undergo dehydrogenation, oxidation...

radical addition polymerization (ATRAP). As the name implies, the atom transfer step is crucial in the reaction responsible for uniform polymer chain growth...

Polymer science or macromolecular science is a subfield of materials science concerned with polymers, primarily synthetic polymers such as plastics and...

In polymer chemistry, a copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer. The polymerization of monomers into copolymers is called...

In polymer chemistry, living polymerization is a form of chain growth polymerization where the ability of a growing polymer chain to terminate has been...

respectively By type of polymer they form: those that participate in condensation polymerization those that participate in addition polymerization Differing stoichiometry...

Polyaddition A polymerization in which the growth of polymer chains proceeds by addition reactions between molecules of all degrees of polymerization. Notes:...

Polymer degradation is the reduction in the physical properties of a polymer, such as strength, caused by changes in its chemical composition. Polymers...

Polystyrene (PS) /ˌpɒliˈstaɪriːn/ is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene. Polystyrene can be solid or foamed. General-purpose...

addition and cycloadditions. Addition reactions are also encountered in polymerizations and called addition polymerization. Depending on the product structure...

the small molecule from which a polymer is synthesized. One of the simplest repeat units is that of the addition polymer polyvinyl chloride, -[CH2-CHCl]n-...

A thermoplastic, or thermosoftening plastic, is any plastic polymer material that becomes pliable or moldable at a certain elevated temperature and solidifies...

Flocculation (in polymer science): Reversible formation of aggregates in which the particles are not in physical contact. Agglomeration (except in polymer science)...

Bulk polymerization or mass polymerization is carried out by adding a soluble radical initiator to pure monomer in liquid state. The initiator should...

formed by ring-opening polymerization; this makes it a special case in the comparison between condensation and addition polymers. Its competition with...