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Polymerize   Listen
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Polymerize  v. i.  (Chem.) To change into another substance having the same atomic proportions, but a higher molecular weight; to undergo polymerization; thus, aldehyde polymerizes in forming paraldehyde.





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"Polymerize" Quotes from Famous Books



... the benzene ring of six carbon atoms. The rubber ring consists of eight at least and probably more. Any substance containing that peculiar carbon chain with two double links CC-CC can double up—polymerize, the chemist calls it—into a rubber-like substance. So we may have many kinds of rubber, some of which may prove to be more useful than that which happens ...
— Creative Chemistry - Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries • Edwin E. Slosson


Words linked to "Polymerize" :   polymerise, polymer, chemical science, copolymerise, polymerization, copolymerize


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