The process is an electrolytic one, in which acrylonitrile dimerizes…to form adiponitrile (New Scientist).
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mes|mer|ize — «MEHS muh ryz, MEHZ », transitive verb, intransitive verb, ized, iz|ing. = hypnotize. (Cf. ↑hypnotize) –mes´mer|i|za´tion, noun. –mes´mer|iz´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
co|pol|y|mer|ize — «koh POL ih muh ryz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, ized, iz|ing. Chemistry. to polymerize two or more unlike substances; change or be changed by a reaction in which two or more unlike molecules, each of which usually is able to polymerize… … Useful english dictionary
ho|mo|pol|y|mer|ize — «HOH muh POL ih muh ryz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, ized, iz|ing. Chemistry. to change or be changed by a reaction in which two or more molecules of the same kind polymerize to form a complex molecule, as in the manufacture of… … Useful english dictionary
bes|se|mer|ize — «BEHS uh muh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to treat by the Bessemer process … Useful english dictionary
de|mes|mer|ize — «dee MEHS muh ryz, MEHZ », transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to bring out of hypnotic influence … Useful english dictionary
de|pol|y|mer|ize — «dee POL ee muh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to remove the polymeric properties of (a compound) to the original state before polymerization: »Under extremely small doses of radiation the nucleoprotein is depolymerized and loses its gel… … Useful english dictionary
ep|i|mer|ize — «EHP uh muh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to change into an epimer … Useful english dictionary
eu|he|mer|ize — «yoo HEE muh ryz, HEHM uh », transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to explain (myths) as traditional accounts of actual events … Useful english dictionary
pol|y|mer|ize — «POL ih muh ryz, puh LIHM uh », transitive verb, intransitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make or become polymeric; form a polymer; undergo or cause to undergo polymerization … Useful english dictionary
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