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Article | REF: AM3040 V1

Polymerization

Authors: Michel FONTANILLE, Jean-Pierre VAIRON

Publication date: July 10, 2009 | Lire en français

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    4. Polymer chain reactions

    4.1 General characteristics

    A polymerization chain reaction is one in which a molecule M is added to an active center carried by the growing macromolecular chain. If we call —Mn* an active chain for which DP = n, chain polymerization can be schematized by :

    —Mn*+
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