Polymerization or polymerisation is the process in which small molecules, called monomers, join chemically to produce a very large chain-like or network...

degree of polymerisation is a measure of how big the molecules in a sample of a polymer are. For a single molecule, the degree of polymerisation is defined...

used as a comonomer to make EPDM rubber, a strong synthetic rubber. Polymerisation of ENB is very regioselective. Ring strain makes the double bond of...

Unlike similar vinyl polymers, polyvinyl alcohol cannot be made through polymerisation of a single monomer. Vinyl alcohol is a very unstable enol that changes...

"dimer" has a broader meaning for any compound where the degree of polymerisation is 2, even if parts of the smaller molecules left the molecule in the...

These radicals make dimethyl peroxide a useful radical initiator for polymerisation, but also make it dangerously reactive.[source?] "Dimethyl peroxide"...

is an asymmetric molecule with a conjugated system of double bonds. Polymerisation can happen in four different ways. If the two end carbons connect to...

one piece. Polymers made by chemical changes of another polymer after polymerisation have "hypothetical monomers". One example is polyvinyl alcohol: the...

terminal alkenes. The most important reaction of vinyl compounds is polymerisation to make vinyl polymers. IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th...