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polymerization

ˌpɑlɪmərəˈzeɪʃən
WordNet
  1. (n) polymerization
    a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Polymerization
    (Chem) The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; the condition resulting from such change.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) polymerization
    The apparent fusion or union of two or more molecules of a compound, forming a more complex molecule with a higher atomic weight and somewhat different physical and chemical properties. Also spelled polymerisation.
Usage in the news

The combination of temperature-controlled infusion tables and a controlled radical polymerization additive for vinyl ester resin makes the infusion of thick laminate stacks in one shot—a relatively worry-free process. proboat.com

Growing Concern Over the Use of ADCs in Polymeric Materials. genengnews.com

Epoxies are created by polymerizing a mixture of two starting compounds, the resin and the hardener. impomag.com

Tamarron Technology has an alternative to the high cost of polymeric sand: Just spray the Joint Hardener and Paver Sealer across the pavers and the joints. masonrymagazine.com

Determination of Melamine and its Analogues from Powdered Infant Milk Using Polymeric Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) and Reversed-Phase Chromatography. americanlaboratory.com

PERMEATION AND OSMOSIS Osmotic blistering generally relates to thick polymeric coatings, thin films, or thin decorative laminates that are bonded to a more structural material. metalfinishing.com

New Specification for Standard Specification for Polymeric Rain-screen Materials. astm.org

1.1 This standard is applicable to polymeric rain-screen materials and products, which are used to provide a means for drainage and ventilation of liquid and vapor moisture that enters an above-grade exterior wall assembly. astm.org

Targeted polymeric nanoparticles are an important vehicle for controlling and targeting dosing of chemotherapeutic agents. pharmtech.com

Normal industrial practice is to control foot-borne contamination with adhesive peel-off disposable mats, but polymeric contamination-control flooring is becoming increasingly popular. pharmtech.com

Revision of D3835 - 08 Standard Test Method for Determination of Properties of Polymeric Materials by Means of a Capillary Rheometer. astm.org

A heat-sealable polymeric film was patented. nonwovens-industry.com

ICL Industrial Products expands production of polymeric flame retardants. chemweek.com

Polymerization of natural compounds may offer food, safety, medical solutions. ecnmag.com

Revision of D4875 - 11 Standard Test Methods of Polyurethane Raw Materials: Determination of the Polymerized Ethylene Oxide Content of Polyether Polyols. astm.org

Usage in scientific papers

R3 , useful as a possible model of statistical mechanics of a diluted solution of polymeric chains.
Flying randomly in $\mathbb{R}^d$ with Dirichlet displacements

Dynamic instability refers to the random alternating of a longer and slower growth phase (polymerization) with a shorter and faster shrinking phase (depolymerization).
Khintchine-Pollaczek formula for random walks whose steps have one geometric tail

GTPbound monomers tend to polymerize while GDP-bound monomers tend to depolymerize.
Khintchine-Pollaczek formula for random walks whose steps have one geometric tail

In these works, the vesicles are droplets of salt water surrounded by a thin polymeric membrane whose thickness is about 30 µm.
The camera method, or how to track numerically a deformable particle moving in a fluid network

Choosing the number of monomers in every blob large enough to be in the scaling regime enables us to obtain reliable properties and a general behavior of the polymeric particles, allowing thus for a mapping onto experimental systems.
Telechelic star polymers as self-assembling units from the molecular to the macroscopic scaleBarbara Capone

Usage in literature

For its political result naturally it requires polymerous support. "Freedom's Battle" by Mahatma Gandhi

The glucose formed, it is admissible that a new polymerization with elimination of water produces starch. "Scientific American Supplement No. 822" by Various

TNT war head, surrounded by a jacket filled with liquid HCN and a phosphate inhibitor to prevent polymerization. "Unwise Child" by Gordon Randall Garrett

On a hunch I dropped in an aluminum alkyl, and then pushed the polymerization along with both ultraviolet and heat. "The Professional Approach" by Charles Leonard Harness

From this formic aldehyde, or formol, we may obtain all the various carbohydrates by simple polymerization, i.e. "The Mechanism of Life" by Stéphane Leduc

C. It polymerizes readily to cyanuric chloride, C3N3Cl3. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8" by Various

Polymerism required no particular explanation, since this was given by the difference in molecular magnitude. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8" by Various

The polymerization is generally done at 160 deg. "Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964" by National Aeronautics and Space Administration

At ordinary temperatures it rapidly polymerizes (probably to a tetramethylcylobutanedione). "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7" by Various