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He's making a bad joke about an alternative use of the word "graft".

Anyway, the simple explanation is that you can make a polymer molecule with some groups in the chain that are easily broken by UV. If you add another polymer then shine UV on the mixture the broken ends of the first polymer chain can stick to the second polymer giving a sort of "alloy".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copolymer#Graft_copolymers

Edited by John Cuthber
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Sorry that is my bad. it is not u-v graft it is a-v graft.

He's making a bad joke about an alternative use of the word "graft".

Anyway, the simple explanation is that you can make a polymer molecule with some groups in the chain that are easily broken by UV. If you add another polymer then shine UV on the mixture the broken ends of the first polymer chain can stick to the second polymer giving a sort of "alloy".

http://en.wikipedia....raft_copolymers

 

how can i change the topics name?

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