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As the result of studying the molecular weight characteristics during the decomposition of polymethyl-idenephthalide it was established that the depolymerization of this polymer is initiated in harmony with the rule of chance.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1433–1436, June, 1974.
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Gamzazade, A.I., Zhuravleva, I.V., Rode, V.V. et al. Thermal stability of polymethylidenephthalide. Russ Chem Bull 23, 1360–1362 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00923122
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