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← ScienceWhich consequence results when hybrid orbital electron density is insufficient during ethene polymerization?
A)Chain termination occurs prematurely✓
B)Improved crystallinity within polyethylene
C)Increased branching monomer incorporation
D)Uniform polymer chain distributions
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Insufficient hybrid orbital overlap leads to weak sigma bond formation, causing chain termination because propagation relies on continuous radical addition via carbon-carbon bond synthesis. Therefore, polymerization ceases rather than continuing elongation into polyethylene, because of instability.
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