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Hazardous polymerization
The free radical polymerization of pure styrene will cause the viscosity to increase, this retards the deactivation of the free radicals by radical-radical reactions but it does not have such a great effect on the reaction of the radicals with styrene. Hence the concentration of free radicals increases and the rate of reaction increases, this can lead to a thermal runaway.
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