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The cleavage of polymer chains, as in natural rubber as a result of heating.
Industry:Chemistry
A polymer with specific or definite order of arrangement of molecules in space, as in isotactic polypropylene; permits close packing of molecules and leads to a high degree of polymer crystallinity. Also known as stereoregular polymer.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>4</sub> A colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas, lighter than air and reacting violently with chlorine and bromine in sunlight, a chief component of natural gas; used as a source of methanol, acetylene, and carbon monoxide. Also known as methyl hydride.
Industry:Chemistry
A chemical compound with one or more carboxyl radicals (COOH) in its structure; examples are butyric acid, CH<sub>3</sub>(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>COOH, maleic acid, HOOCCHCHCOOH, and benzoic acid, C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>COOH.
Industry:Chemistry
One of a group of organosulfur compounds, RSO<sub>2</sub>NH<sub>2</sub>, prepared by the reaction of sulfonyl chloride and ammonia; used for sulfa drugs.
Industry:Chemistry
One of a class of unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons containing one or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>Br A toxic, irritating, corrosive clear liquid with a boiling point of 198–199_C; acts as a lacrimator; soluble in alcohol, benzene, and ether; used to make foaming and frothing agents.
Industry:Chemistry
A charged species in which the charge is centered on a single atom.
Industry:Chemistry
