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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
polymerise .
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Examples
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Acetylene readily polymerises when heated, as has been stated in Chapter
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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It has been shown in Chapters II. and VI. that acetylene polymerises under the influence of heat, being converted into other bodies of lower illuminating power, together with some elemental carbon.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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It has also been proposed to utilise the readiness with which acetylene polymerises on heating to form benzene, for the production of benzene commercially; but the relative prices of acetylene and benzene would have to be greatly changed from those now obtaining to make such a scheme successful.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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"As monomer polymerises, its very hard for a single monomer to detach from the polymer.
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