For typical addition polymerization, values of the PDI can range around 10 to 20.

Living polymerization, a special case of addition polymerization, leads to values very close to 1.

The problem of heat transfer is compounded by the highly exothermic nature of free radical addition polymerization.

Flory introduced the important concept of chain transfer to the study of addition polymerization.

Addition reactions are also encountered in polymerizations and called addition polymerization.

The kinetics of anionic addition polymerization depend on whether or not a termination pathway occurs.

In general, the reaction mechanism for living anionic addition polymerization are as follows:

Under the necessary reaction conditions, an addition polymerization can be considered a living polymerization.

Chain growth polymerization and addition polymerization (also called polyaddition) are two different concepts.

An anionic addition polymerization with n-butyllithium results in a fully polymerized product.