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Ideally the radicals are shared equally, causing chains to have equal opportunities for growth and a narrow PDI. Termination: Chains in their active form react via a process known as bi-radical termination to form chains that cannot react further, known as dead polymer. Ideally, the RAFT adduct radical is sufficiently hindered such that it does ...
Repeated application of the half-angle formulas leads to nested radicals, specifically nested square roots of 2 of the form . In general, the sine and cosine of most angles of the form β / 2 n {\displaystyle \beta /2^{n}} can be expressed using nested square roots of 2 in terms of β {\displaystyle \beta } .
In the case of two nested square roots, the following theorem completely solves the problem of denesting. [2]If a and c are rational numbers and c is not the square of a rational number, there are two rational numbers x and y such that + = if and only if is the square of a rational number d.
A solution in radicals or algebraic solution is an expression of a solution of a polynomial equation that is algebraic, that is, relies only on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to integer powers, and extraction of n th roots (square roots, cube roots, etc.). A well-known example is the quadratic formula
The basic steps in any free-radical process (the radical chain mechanism) divide into: [2] Radical initiation: A radical is created from a non-radical precursor. Chain propagation: A radical reacts with a non-radical to produce a new radical species; Chain termination: Two radicals react with each other to create a non-radical species
The effect has been to fold up the u 4 term into a perfect square: (u 2 + a) 2. The second term, au 2 did not disappear, but its sign has changed and it has been moved to the right side. The next step is to insert a variable y into the perfect square on the left side of equation , and a corresponding 2y into the coefficient of u 2 in the
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For the copolymerization of a given pair of monomers, the two experimental reactivity ratios r 1 and r 2 permit the evaluation of (Q 1 /Q 2) and (e 1 – e 2). Values for each monomer can then be assigned relative to a reference monomer, usually chosen as styrene with the arbitrary values Q = 1.0 and e = –0.8.