Cross linking of two organic materials

[Caleb]

I am having some trouble grabing the concept of cross linking. I was wondering if someone could explain how it works.

thanks

[UC]

We're going to need more info than that. You mean, in polymers?

[Caleb]

We're going to need more info than that. You mean, in polymers?

 

Yes, like polyvinyl alcohol and sodium tetraborate.

[John Cuthber]

The polymer molecules are long chains of similar repeating units strung together.

Cross links are joins from one chain to another (or sometimes to a different bit of the same chain).

[Caleb]

The polymer molecules are long chains of similar repeating units strung together.

Cross links are joins from one chain to another (or sometimes to a different bit of the same chain).

 

Thanks, that makes sense now.