Glossary Terms

1,4-dioxane
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3 point bending
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3D printing
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Abrasive
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Absorption
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Achiral
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Acid 
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Acidolysis
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Activation energy
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Activation energy 
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Addition Polymerisation / Addition polymerization
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Adhesion
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Adhesive
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Adsorption
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Alcoholysis
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Aldehyde
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Alkane metathesis
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Alloy
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Allyl
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Alternating copolymer
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Amide
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Amine
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Ammonium salt
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Amorphous
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Amorphous Alloy
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Amorphous Metal
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Amorphous region
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Anionic polymerization
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Anionic ring-opening polymerization
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Anionic vinyl polymerisation
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Annealing
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Anode 
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Anticorrosion
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Antioxidant
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Applied voltage
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Aromatic
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Arrhenius acid
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Arrhenius base
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Austenite
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Auto acceleration / Autoacceleration
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Average kinetic chain length
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Average molecular weight
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Avogadro’s constant
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Barium titanium trioxide
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Base 
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Benzene
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Benzoyl peroxide (BPO)
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Bi-axial flexure
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Bifunctional monomers / Bifunctional
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Binder
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Binding site
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Biodegradation
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Block copolymer
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Block copolymers
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Blow molding
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Blow moulding
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Blowing agent
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Boltzmann’s constant
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Borosilicate
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Borosilicate glass
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Branch
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Branched polymer
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Branching
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Brazing
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Brittle fracture
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Brønsted acid
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Brønsted base
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Brønsted–Lowry acid
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Brønsted–Lowry base
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Brush polymer
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Bulk metallic glass
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Bulk polymerisation / Bulk polymerization
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Bulky sidegroups
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Butyl rubber
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By-product
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Carbanion
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Carbon
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Carbon black
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Carbon materials
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Carbon nanofoam
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Carothers equation
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Cast iron
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Casting
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Catalyst
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Cathode 
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Cation
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Cationic polymerization
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Cationic ring-opening polymerization
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Cationic vinyl polymerisation
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Ceiling temperature
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Cement
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Cementation
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Cementite
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Ceramic
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Ceramic composite
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Ceramic material
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Chain entanglement
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Chain folded
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Chain growth polymerisation
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Chain reaction
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Chain scission
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Chain stiffness
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Chain transfer
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Chain transfer agent
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Chain-growth polymerization
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Charge transfer complex
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Chemical bond
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Chemical equilibrium
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Chemisorption
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Chemistry
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Chlorobenzene
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Clay minerals
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Clay-based ceramics
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Coefficient of thermal expansion
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Cold worked metal
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Cold working
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Combination termination
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Compacted graphite iron
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Composite material
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Composition drift
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Compounding
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Concentration cell
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Concrete
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Condensation
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Conductivity
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Conjugated system
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Continuous phase
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Copolymer
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Copolymerisation
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Copper alloys
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Corrosion
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Corrosion resistance
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Counterion
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Counterion effects
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Covalent bond
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Creep
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Cristobalite
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Cross-linked polymer
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Crosslinking
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Crystalline
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Crystalline Ceramics
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Crystallinity
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Crystallization
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Curie temperature
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Cyclic monomers
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Decamer
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Decomposition
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Degassing
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Degradation kinetics
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Degree of crosslinking
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Degree of polymerisation / Degree of polymerization
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Degree of surface orientation
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Deionised water
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Delocalisation
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Delocalised electron
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Dendrimers
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Depolymerisation
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Depolymerisation / Depolymerization
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Die casting
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Diffusion
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Dislocation climb
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Dislocation density
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Dispersed phase
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Dispersity
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Disproportionation termination
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Drilling
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Drying
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Ductile iron
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Ductility
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Elastic modulus
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Elastomer
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Elastomers
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Electric domain
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Electro-spinning
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Electrochemical
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Electrochemical cell
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Electrochemical corrosion
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Electrode potential 
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Electrolyte
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Electron
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Electronegativity
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Electronic affinity
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Embedded energy
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Emulsion
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Endothermic
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Enthalpy
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Entropy
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Enzymatic degradation
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Epoxide
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Epoxide polymerisation / Epoxide polymerization
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Epoxies
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Equiaxed grains
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Equiaxed Zone
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Equilibrium
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Ester
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Esterification
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Etching
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Ether
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Ethylene
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Extrusion
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Faraday Constant
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Fatigue
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FDM
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Ferrite
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Ferroelectric
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Ferrous alloys
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Ferrous metals
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Fibre
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Film formation
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First order
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Flaw
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Flexural testing
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Foaming agent
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Forging
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Fraction
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Fractography
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Fracture
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Fracture stress
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Fracture toughness
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Free radical
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Free radical polymerization
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Fullerene
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Functional group
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Furnace-cool
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Fused quartz
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Fused silica
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Galvanic cell
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Galvanisation
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Gas phase
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Gasoline
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Gel
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Gel effect
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Gel permeation chromatography
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Gibbs free energy
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Glass ceramics
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Glass transition
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Glass transition temperature
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Glass transition temperature (Tg)
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Glasses
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Glassy material
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Gradient copolymer
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Graft copolymer
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Grain
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Grain boundary
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Grain refinement
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Graphene
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Graphite
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Gray Cast Iron
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Half-reaction
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Hall-Petch Equation
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Halogenated
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Hard acids
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Hardenability
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Hardness testing
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Heat capacity
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Heat treatment
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Hedvall effect
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Heterogeneous
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Heterogeneous catalysis
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Heterogeneous polymerisation
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Heterogeneous polymerisation / Heterogeneous polymerization
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Heterogeneous reaction
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Heterolytic cleavage or scission
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Homogenize
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Homopolymer
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Hybrids
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Hydraulic cement
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Hydrogen bond
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Hydrogen Embrittlement
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Hydrolysis
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Hydrolytic degradation
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Hydroperoxide
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Hydrophilic
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Hydrophobic
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Hydrophobicity
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Hydroplasticity
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Hyperbranched polymer
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Hyperconjugation
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Impact resistance
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Inert
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Inhibitor
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Initiation
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Initiator
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Injection Molding
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Insulator
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Intensive
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Intercalated
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Interfacial polymerisation
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Intrinsic viscosity
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Inverse emulsion
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Inverse emulsion polymerisation / Inverse emulsion polymerization
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Inverse suspension
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Investment casting
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Ionic bonds
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Isocyanate
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Isomerisation
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Isomerism
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Isoprene
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Isotope
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IUPAC
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Kinetics
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Lactam polymerisation / Lactam polymerization
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Lactone polymerisation / Lactone polymerization
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Lamellar structure
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Langmuir behaviour
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Langmuir equation
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Latex particles
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Lattice energy
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Layered silicate
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Le Chatelier’s Principle
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Leaving group
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Lewis acid
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Lewis acids
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Lewis base
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Linear
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Liquid Crystal polymers
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Lithography
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Living anionic polymerisation / Living anionic polymerization
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Living polymerization
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Lost foam casting
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Macromolecule
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Magnetism
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Malleable iron
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Martensite
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Mechanical degradation
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Melting
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Melting temperature
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MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems)
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Metal additive manufacturing
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Metal strengthening
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Metathesis polymerization
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Micelle
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Micelle formation
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Molecular weight
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Molecular weight distribution (MWD)
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Monomer
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Multifunctional monomers
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Nanocrystalline ceramics (NCCs)
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Nanoimprint lithography
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Nanoparticle
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Negative photoresist
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Nernst equation -
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Neutralisation reaction
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Nickel super alloys
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Noble metals
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Non-Aqueous Dispersion (NAD) polymerisation
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Non-aqueous dispersion polymerisation / Non-aqueous dispersion polymerization
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Non-ferrous metal
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Normalizing
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Novolac resin
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Nucleate
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Nucleophile
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Number-average molecular weight (Mn)
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Oligomer
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Onium salts
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Orbital
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Organic
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Oxidation
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Oxidation state
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Oxidation-reduction reaction
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Oxidative degradation
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Parabolic rate-law
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Passivation
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PDI / Polydispersity index (PDI)
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Pearlite
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PEEK
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Peroxide
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Phase diagram
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Phenolics
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Photo-oxidation
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Photoacid
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Photocleavable
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Photodegradation
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Photoinitiator
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Photolithography
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Photolysis
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Photoresist
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Physisorption
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Piezo-electric material
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Piezoelectric
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Piezoelectric ceramics
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Piezoelectric effect
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Piezoelectric materials
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Plastic flow
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Plastic strain
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Plasticizer
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Plasticzer
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Poison
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Polarisation
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Polarity
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Polyaddition
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Polyaddition reaction
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Polyamide
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Polyamides
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Polycaprolactone
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Polycarbonate
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Polycondensation
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Polycondensation reaction
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Polydisperse
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Polydispersity index
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Polyelectrolytes
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Polyester
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Polyethylene glycol
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Polyethylene terephthalate
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Polyimide
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Polymer
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Polymer degradation
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Polymerization
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Polymorphism
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Polyolefin
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Portland
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Portland cement
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Positive photoresist
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Powder Metallurgy
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Precipitation Hardening
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Precipitation polymerisation
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Precipitation Strengthening
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Prepolymer
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Primary
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Propagation
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Propagation mechanism
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Propagation step
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Proportional
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Pyridine
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Pyrolysis
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Quaternary ammonium salt
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Quenching
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Quenching agent
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Radical
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Radical initiator
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Radical scavenger
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Random copolymer
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Reactivity
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Reactivity ratios
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Reconfigure
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Recrystallization
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Redox
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Redox reaction
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Reduction
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Refractory Metals
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Regioselectivity
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Repeating unit
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Resistant to Thermal Shock
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Resonance
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Resonance stabilisation / Resonance stabilization
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Ring-opening polymerization
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Rockwell C Hardness Test
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Rolling
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Rotaxane
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Rubbery state
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Salt bridge
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Scission
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Secondary
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Segmental motion
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Self-assembled monolayer
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Semi-crystalline polymers
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Semicrystalline
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Sequential copolymerization
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Side chain
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Side reactions
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Silica
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Silica glass
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Silica Tetrahedron
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Silicate ceramics
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Silver
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Silyl ether
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Single crystals
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Sintering
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Slip casting
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SLM
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Soda-lime glass
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Solid solution strengthening
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Solvent
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Solvent effects
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Spark Plasma Sintering
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Specific surface area
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Spheroidize
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Spinel
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Spontaneous
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Stabilized carbocation
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Stabilizers
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Standard conditions
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Standard reduction potential
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Statistical copolymer
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Steady state kinetics
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Step-growth polymerisation
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Step-growth polymerization
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Stereo lithography
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Stereochemistry
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Stereocomplex
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Stereoselectivity
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Steric hindrance
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Sterically hindered
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Stiffen chain
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Stoichiometric imbalance (r)
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Stoichiometry
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Stress intensity factor
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Stress relief annealing
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Styrene
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SU-8
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Substrate
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Succinic anhydride
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Superalloy
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Superconducting Ceramics
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Surface finish
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Surface functionalisation
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Surfactant
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Suspension
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Suspension polymerisation
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Suspension polymerisation / Suspension polymerization
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Syndiotactic
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Syndiotactic polymer
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Tacticity
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Tapered copolymer
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Tempering
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Terminal group
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Termination
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Termination by combination
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Termination by disproportionation
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Ternary alloy
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Tertiary
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The grain refinement
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Thermal behavior
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Thermal degradation
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Thermal shock
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Thermal Shock Resistance
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Thermodynamics
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Thermoforming
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Thermooxidative stability
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Thermoplastic
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Thermoplastic Elastomers
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Thermoset
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Thermoset plastic
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Time - temperature superposition
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Titration
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To anodise
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To deposit
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To evaporate
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To harness
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To irradiate
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To terminate
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Toughness
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Transesterification
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Transmission Electron Microscope
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Transparent Ceramics
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Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene
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van der Waals forces
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Versatile materials
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Vibrational mobility
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Viscoelastic
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Viscosity
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Viscous
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Vitrification
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Volatile
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Voltaic cell
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Water plasticity
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Wax
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Weight average molecular weight
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Weight distribution
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Welding
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Yield
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Z-average molecular weight (Mz)
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Zero order
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Zirconia
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Zwitterion
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