Industrial conditions
What Industrial conditions means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Industrial conditions
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The conditions used during polymerisation, such as temperature, pressure and the presence of a catalyst, which affect how the chains form and pack together.
Topics that use Industrial conditions
- Ceramics, polymers and composites (AQA GCSE)
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