Title: perfect network
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - perfect network
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.PT07570
Status: current

Definition
Polymer network composed of chains all of which are connected at both of their ends to different junction points.

Note
If a perfect network is in the rubbery state then, on macroscopic deformation of the network, all of its chains are elastically active and display rubber elasticity.

Related Terms
- Polymer network: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04742
- network: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/NT07562

Source
- PAC, 2007, 79, 1801. 'Definitions of terms relating to the structure and processing of sols, gels, networks, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1815 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779101801)

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Citation: Citation: 'perfect network' 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.PT07570
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