An intramolecular reaction involving gelation that does not occur at the predicted value because not all of the branching points on the growing chain are used effectively; many multifunctional units in the chain are wasted, and one theory is that the branch point leading out from the multifunctional repeating unit loops back to form a ring with another branch point on the same polymer molecule. (Odian GC (2004) Principles of Polymerization. John Wiley and Sons, New York; Elias HG (1977) Macromolecules Vol. 1–2, Plenum Press, New York)
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Wasted Loop Effect. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_12695
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