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Chain transfer
The abstraction of an atom from another molecule (initiator, monomer, polymer, or solvent) by the radical end of a growing (addition) polymer, which simultaneously terminates the polymer chain and creates a new radical capable of chain polymerization; also occurs in cationic polymerization.
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