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Polymer chemistry
A polymer is a compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller molecules, or by the condensation of many smaller molecules with the elimination of water, alcohol or the like.
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Polymer chemistry
chain transfer
Chemistry; Polymer chemistry
A chemical reaction, usually occurring during chain polymerizations, in which the activity of the kinetic-chain carrier is transferred from the growing macromolecule or oligomer molecule to another ...
configurational repeating unit
Chemistry; Polymer chemistry
The smallest set of successive configurational base units that prescribes configurational repetition at one or more sites of stereoisomerism in the main chain of a regular macromolecule (or oligomer ...
constitutional heterogeneity
Chemistry; Polymer chemistry
The variation in constitution from molecule to molecule in polymers with molecules uniform with respect to elemental composition.
crosslink
Chemistry; Polymer chemistry
A constitutional unit connecting two parts of a macromolecule that were earlier separate molecules. Note: a network may be thought to consist of many "primary chains" that are interconnected by a ...
degree of polymerization
Chemistry; Polymer chemistry
The number of monomeric units in a macromolecule or oligomer molecule.
depolarization of scatter light
Chemistry; Polymer chemistry
The phenomenon, due primarily to the anisotropy of the polarizability of the scattering medium, resulting from the fact that the electric vectors of the incident and scattered beams are not coplanar ...
dilute solution
Chemistry; Polymer chemistry
A solution in which the sum of the volumes of the domains occupied by the solute molecules or particles is substantially less than the total volume of the solution.