| Abstract: | The chemical structure of polymers produced by the γ irradiation of monovinylsilanes was studied. γ-ray addition polymerization of monovinylsilanes such as trialkylvinylsilane was very slow, and only the liquid oligomers were formed from them by large radiation dose. The presence of silethylene or silmethylene linkage was ascertained in these polymers by infrared absorption spectroscopy and 1H-NMR measurement, even when no Si? H bond existed in the monomers. The polymers were supposed to be produced by addition polymerization with intervening silalkylene linkage. |
