NALT

Preferred term

polymerization

Topic

A chemical reaction in which the molecules of a monomer are linked together to form large molecules whose molecular weight is a multiple of that of the original substance. When two or more different monomers are involved, the process is called copolymerization.

chemical reactions

copolymerization

polymerisation
polymerising
polymerizing

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

29574

Spanish

polimerización

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/24680

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 11/4/19