Title: initialization efficiency
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - initialization efficiency
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08958
Status: current

Definition
Efficiency of conversion of a starting initiator or transfer agent into a macro-initiator or macro-chain-transfer agent.

Related Terms
- initiator efficiency for initiation of polymerization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08960
- macro-chain-transfer agent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08962
- macro-initiator: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08963
- transfer agent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08947

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1122 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)

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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08958/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08958/xml

Citation: Citation: 'initialization efficiency' 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.08958
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