dead polymer chain

synonym: dead macromolecule (in RDP)
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08950
Polymer chain which plays no active role in the polymerization.
Notes:
  1. A dead polymer chain is a chain unlikely to be activated or reactivated to form a propagating species under the polymerization conditions within the timescale of the polymerization.
  2. The products of chain termination and irreversible chain transfer comprise dead polymer chains.
Source:
PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1120 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)