Preferred Label : curing;
IUPAC definition : Chemical process of converting a prepolymer or a polymer into a polymer of higher
molar mass and then into a network.;
Scope note : physical aging, crystallization, physical crosslinking and post-polymerization reactions
are sometimes referred to as curing. use of the term curing to describe such processes
is deprecated.; curing is achieved by the induction of chemical reactions which might or might not
require mixing with a chemical curing agent.;
Origin ID : CT07137;
See also
Chemical process of converting a prepolymer or a polymer into a polymer of higher
molar mass and then into a network.
