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- Title
What Does Conversion Mean in Polymer Science?
- Authors
Kricheldorf, Hans R.; Scheliga, Felix; Weidner, Steffen M.
- Abstract
The definition of the term "conversion" is discussed for a variety of polymer syntheses. It is demonstrated that in contrast to organic and inorganic chemistry several different definitions are needed in polymer science. The influence of increasing conversion on structure and topology of homo‐ and copolymers is illustrated. Chain‐growth polymerizations, such as radical polymerization or living anionic polymerizations of vinyl monomers, condensative chain polymerization, two and three‐dimensional step‐growth polymerizations, ring–ring or chain–chain equilibration and chemical modification of polymers are considered.
- Subjects
POLYCONDENSATION; LIVING polymerization; ADDITION polymerization; INORGANIC chemistry; POLYMERIZATION; ORGANIC chemistry
- Publication
Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics, 2021, Vol 222, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1022-1352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/macp.202100010