dead-end polymerisation

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15395
Radical polymerization that stops, as a consequence of the depletion of the initiator, before the monomer has reacted fully.
Source:
PAC, 2008, 80, 2163. (Glossary of terms related to kinetics, thermodynamics, and mechanisms of polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2008)) on page 2173 [Terms] [Paper]