A
chain polymerization from which
chain transfer and chain
termination are absent. In many cases, the rate of
chain initiation is fast compared with the rate of chain
propagation, so that the number of kinetic-chain carriers is essentially constant throughout
the
polymerization.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2287
(Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2308
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