08950 IUPAC Gold Book - dead polymer chain 10.1351/goldbook.08950 08950 current synonym: dead macromolecule (in RDP) 1 Polymer chain which plays no active role in the polymerization. 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. The products of chain termination and irreversible chain transfer comprise dead polymer chains. chain termination https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08946 propagating species https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08966 PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1120 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08950/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08950/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08950/plain Citation: 'dead polymer chain' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08950 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-30T09:38:59+00:00