Preferred Label : interpenetrating polymer network;
IUPAC acronym : IPN;
IUPAC definition : Polymer comprising two or more networks that are at least partially interlaced on
a molecular scale but not covalently bonded to each other and cannot be separated
unless chemical bonds are broken.;
Scope note : a mixture of two or more preformed polymer networks is not an ipn.;
Origin ID : I03117;
See also
Polymer comprising two or more networks that are at least partially interlaced on
a molecular scale but not covalently bonded to each other and cannot be separated
unless chemical bonds are broken.