Term: reactive blending
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.RT07150

Definition:
Mixing process that is accompanied by the chemical reaction(s) of components of a polymer mixture.

Notes:
0) Examples of reactive blending are: (a) blending accompanied by the formation of a polymer-polymer complex, (b) the formation of @B00682@ or graft copolymers by a combination of radicals formed by the mechano-chemical scission of polymers during blending.
1) Reactive blending may also be carried out as reactive extrusion or reaction injection molding (RIM).

Related Terms:
1) block (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00682).

Source: PAC, 2004, 76, 889. 'Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)' on page 894 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200476040889)

Citation: 'reactive blending' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.RT07150

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