Crossword clues for polymerization
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polymerization \Pol`y*mer`i*za"tion\, n. (Chem.) The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; the condition resulting from such change.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1866, from polymer + -ization.
Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) The chemical process, normally with the aid of a catalyst, to form a polymer by bonding together multiple identical units (monomers).
WordNet
n. a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound [syn: polymerisation]
Wikipedia
In polymer chemistry, polymerization is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains or three-dimensional networks. There are many forms of polymerization and different systems exist to categorize them.
Usage examples of "polymerization".
Her host rattled off the names of their machines with evident pride: coagulators, masticators, reducers, degassers, acetylators, and devices for hydrogenation and polymerization.
It allowed the polymerization of volatile reactive organics and the hydrolysis of prebiotic oligomers into biomolecules.
Results of cyanogen and nitrile polymerization, including imidazole, purines, pyrimidines.