crosslinking
Speech parts
1. crosslinking - Noun
2. crosslinking - Verb
Meaning
crosslinking
present participle of crosslink
crosslinking (countable and uncountable, plural crosslinkings)
Synonym of crosslinkage
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Phrases with the word
Examples
Cysteine residues play a valuable role by crosslinking proteins, which increases the rigidity of proteins and also functions to confer proteolytic resistance (since protein export is a costly process, minimizing its necessity is advantageous).
Acronal® LN 579 S by BASF acts as a crosslinking agent.
Also acts as a crosslinking agent for the free radical polymerization.
ISBN 1-85333-286-0 p. 114. The "drying oils", counter-intuitively, actually cure by a crosslinking reaction even if they are not put through an oven cycle and seem to simply dry in air.
Because no chemical crosslinking is involved, the film can re-dissolve in solvent; as such, lacquers are unsuitable for applications where chemical resistance is important.
Even with natural rubber, large amounts of sulfur, as well as high temperatures and long heating periods are necessary and one obtains an unsatisfactory crosslinking efficiency with unsatisfactory strength and aging properties.