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Crosslink vs Crosslinking - What's the difference?

crosslink | crosslinking |

As verbs the difference between crosslink and crosslinking

is that crosslink is to join polymer chains together to form one single molecule. An object made from a crosslinked material contains only one supergiant molecule. Crosslinking may take place through covalent bonds or ionic bonds while crosslinking is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun crosslink

is a covalent bond (or series of bonds) between adjacent chains of a polymer.

crosslink

English

Noun

  • (chemistry) A covalent bond (or series of bonds) between adjacent chains of a polymer
  • (biochemistry) A similar bond between strands of nucleic acid

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (chemistry) To join polymer chains together to form one single molecule. An object made from a crosslinked material contains only one supergiant molecule. Crosslinking may take place through covalent bonds or ionic bonds

    • crosslinking

    English

    Verb

    (head)