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Radiation polymerization - Principles

Author: Jacques VERDU

Publication date: July 10, 2000

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1. Kinetic aspects of polymerization

1.1 Radical polymerization

Polymerization is a chain process involving an initiation stage, a propagation stage and a termination stage :

  • A simplified kinetic diagram can be drawn up on the assumption that the initiation rate is constant, the propagation rate is independent of chain length

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