{"term":{"id":"14376","title":"seed particle","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - seed particle","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.14376","code":"14376","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Particle in a polymer colloid that is the locus of subsequent polymerization.","notes":{"1":"A seed particle is either added to a polymerization mixture before the polymerization begins, or is formed in situ."},"links":[{"term":"polymer colloid","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/14313"}],"sources":["PAC, 2011, 83, 2229. 'Terminology of polymers and polymerization processes in dispersed systems (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)' on page 2249 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/PAC-REC-10-06-03)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14376\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14376\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14376\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'seed particle' 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.14376","license":"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.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"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.","accessed":"2026-07-25T01:00:33+00:00"}}