United States Patent | 5,302,681 |
McClain | Apr. 12, 1994 |
Inventors: | McClain; Robert D. (Houston, TX). |
Assignee: | Nalco Chemical Company (Naperville, IL). |
Appl. No.: | 989,933 |
Filed: | Dec. 10, 1992 |
Intl. Cl.: | C08F 36/08; C08F 12/08; C07C 7/20; |
U.S. Cl.: | 526/340.2; 526/346.; |
Field of Search: | 89;340.2;346 |
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The premature free-radical polymerization of a non-linear, readily polymerizable organic monomer under conditions where the monomer would otherwise polymerize is inhibited by incorporating within the non-linear, readily polymerizable monomer a polymerization inhibiting amount of a fullerene or a derivative thereof.