Talk:Polymerization

message: A description of the different methods of polymerization is required. These include the bulk, emulsion, suspension, solution, precipitation and dispersion polymerization methods. Some on these topics alread have article/stubs, and should be linked to. Msmi121 01:44, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Methods of polymerization 

message: Last edit removed for the following reasons: Addition polymerization and step-growth polymerization do not refer to the way monomer feed is added to a polymerisation. interfacial and emulsion polymerisation do no represent a means of polymerisation (molecular mechanism) but reflect a set of reaction conditions. radical / cationic / anionic polymerisation belong to the class of addition polymerisation and not step growth. Consult the separate articles addition polymerization and step-growth polymerization . Also, living polymerization can only be archieved with very special reaction conditions.
Coordinated polymerization belongs to addition polymerisation. It is always a good idea to include references in an article like ref 1. for this article any book on introduction to polymer chemistry will do.
:I don't mind that my changes were reverted. If I add these ideas back in, I'll be sure to provide references. HappyCamper 17:58, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  previous edit disputed 

message: How can polymerization be reversed? -lysdexia 00:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Anything which provides energy to the structure to cause bonds to be broken; electromagnetic radiation, heat, etc.   ♥♥ ΜÏΠЄSΓRΘΠ€ ♥♥ slurp me! 19:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  As a rule, polymers with quaternary carbons (such as PMMA) depolymerize when heated with good yields of the monomer. --Cubbi 18:39, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  depolymerization? 

message: In Introduction, the second sentence should be modified. "... alkenes, which are a relatively stable due to bonding ..." requires either deleting the indeinite article before "relatively"  OR possibly a noun after "stable". 
I don't know which of the two possibilities would be more correct.----  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Svato (talk • contribs) 02:23, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  syntactic gap in Introduction 

message: I came to this article looking for information on whether it was possible to polymerise methane to form propane or butane (partly to answer a question at talk:butane). The article specifically refers to double bonds and alkenes and seems a little ambiguous about polymerising single bonds. Does this imply that it's not possible to polymerise alkanes, or has it just not been mentioned? --Athol Mullen (talk) 13:37, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polymerisation of alkanes? 

message: I appreciate the way the IUPAC definition is presented in the article. Not sure if it was intended or accidental, but I feel that the style can be utilized elsewhere.
Cyan.aqua 09:30, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Layout 

message: Why does the term photopolymerization currently redirects to this article,
when currently this article never describes "photopolymerization"?
( I added a single sentence section that mentions one application of photopolymerization,
but it still doesn't describe what photopolymerization is).
Was there maybe once information about photopolymerization in this article, but somehow it was accidentally lost?
--DavidCary (talk) 14:19, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now added a few lines to your new section, in order to introduce the topic and lead up to its use in printing. Dirac66 (talk) 03:01, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  photopolymerization 

message: Can someone clarify/rewrite 'While not used to a large extent in industry yet due to stringent reaction conditions such as lack of water and oxygen, these methods provide ways to polymerize some monomers that cannot be polymerized by free radical methods such as polypropylene. '
thanks
DGerman (talk) 18:56, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I think there is a comma missing between yet and due. It should be "While not used to a large extent in industry yet, due to stringent reaction conditions such as lack of water and oxygen, these methods ...", or perhaps "While not used to a large extent in industry yet, because of the need for stringent reaction conditions such as absence of water and oxygen, these methods ..."  Dirac66 (talk) 02:26, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear sentence 

message: The article Cyanoacrylate includes the statement: " rapidly polymerises in the presence of water (specifically hydroxide ions)".
This does't seem to be covered this article, should it be?
DGerman (talk) 19:01, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps we need a new section. Most of the article (except for the very last paragraph) now considers polymerization in the classic sense of a part of manufacture prior to sale and use. We could add a section on polymerization during use, including (1) the last paragraph on photography/printing by polymerization, and (2) cyanoacrylate adhesives as you suggest. Dirac66 (talk) 02:26, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:   water (specifically hydroxide ions) causes polymerization 

message: I removed this statement from the lede since it is obscure (barely true, except in some semantic sense) and has no significance: "Alkanes can also be polymerized, but only with the help of strong acids."--Smokefoot (talk) 17:06, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Alkane polymerization