Preferred Label : chain branching;
IUPAC definition : When in a chain reaction there is a net increase in the number of chain carriers there
is said to be chain branching. A simple example of a chain-propagating reaction leading
to chain branching is: in which there is one chain carriers (an oxygen atom) on the
left and two chain carriers (a hydrogen atom and a hydroxyl radical) on the right.;
Origin ID : C00948;
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When in a chain reaction there is a net increase in the number of chain carriers there
is said to be chain branching. A simple example of a chain-propagating reaction leading
to chain branching is: in which there is one chain carriers (an oxygen atom) on the
left and two chain carriers (a hydrogen atom and a hydroxyl radical) on the right.
