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प्रश्न
Write the free radical mechanism for the polymerisation of ethene.
उत्तर
Polymerization of ethene to polythene consists of heating or exposing to light a mixture of ethene with a small amount of benzoyl peroxide as the initiator.
The reaction involved in this process is given below:
Chain terminating step
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