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Record 1 2015-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A comparatively short connecting unit (as a chemical bond or a chemically bonded atom or group) between neighboring chains of atoms in a complex chemical molecule (as a polymer) used especially in relation to thermosetting plastics, vulcanized rubber, and proteins.

Key term(s)
  • crosslink
  • crosslinkage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Plasturgie
  • Biotechnologie
OBS

La réalisation de ces liaisons transversales est désignée par le terme «réticulation».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Fabricación de plásticos
  • Biotecnología
OBS

Unidad constitucional conectada a dos partes de una macromolécula que fueron anteriormente partes separadas.

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