to react (two compounds) together to produce a copolymer
Derived forms
copolymerization (coˌpolymeriˈzation) or copolymerisation (coˌpolymeriˈsation)
noun
copolymerize in American English
(ˌkoupəˈlɪməˌraiz, kouˈpɑləmə-)
transitive verb or intransitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing
Chemistry
to subject to or undergo a change analogous to polymerization but with a union of two or more different monomers
Alsoesp Britcopolymerise
Derived forms
copolymerization
noun
Word origin
[1935–40; copolymer + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gangbuster, hard core, roadblock, unit trust, walk-through-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)
Examples of 'copolymerize' in a sentence
copolymerize
Our data demonstrate that γ-valerolactone can copolymerize with ϵ-caprolactone, but only under specificconditions.
Mariacristina Gagliardi, Angelo Bifone 2018, 'Ring-opening copolymerization thermodynamics and kinetics of γ-valerolactone/ϵ-caprolactone.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6013151?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The vinylbenzylether polymerizable groups should readily homopolymerize and also copolymerize with methacrylates.
Bowen, Rafael L., Cary, Clifton M., Flynn, Kathleen M., Guttman, Charles M. 2009, 'Synthesis of Polymerizable Cyclodextrin Derivatives for Use in Adhesion-PromotingMonomer Formulations', Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technologyhttp://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/jres/114/1/V114.N01.A01.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)