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CROSS-LINKED POLYMER [1 record]

Record 1 2014-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Plastic Materials
  • Synthetic Fabrics
DEF

A polymer in which a three-dimensional structure is formed by interchain covalent bonds.

OBS

network: The interlacing structure produced by crosslinking of polymer chains.

OBS

cross-link: 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.

OBS

network polymer: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Matières plastiques
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
DEF

Polymère dans lequel une structure tridimensionnelle est formée par liaisons covalentes entre ses chaînes.

CONT

Les chaînes (ou macromolécules) ne sont pas indépendantes, mais unies les unes aux autres par des liaisons chimiques. Le caoutchouc naturel vulcanisé, les copolymères du styrène et du divinylbenzène, la plupart des phénoplastes et aminoplastes sont des polymères réticulés.

OBS

polymère réticulé : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Materiales plásticos
  • Tejidos sintéticos
DEF

Polímero en el cual se forma una estructura tridimensional por enlaces covalentes entre sus cadenas.

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