O le polymerization fa'amama ole suau'u resin e masani ona fa'avevela le vaega o le carbon iva i le tusa ma le 260°C i le reactor. Muamua, e fausia ai se Diels-Alder faʻaopoopoga vaeluaga mai lua polymerizable molelaula, Petroleum Resin ona tali atu lea ma se isi polymerizable mole. Petroleum Resin Fausia radicals saoloto lua, Petroleum Resin ona amata ai lea o le polymerization. O le auala polymerization vevela e faigofie le faiga ma maualuga le fua, ae o le vevela o le tali e maualuga, e tele le faʻaaogaina o le malosi, Petroleum Resin coking e faigofie, Petroleum Resin e pogisa le lanu o le resini gaosia, ma e maualalo le togi o oloa. E na'o le fa'aaogaina i alamanuia e gaosia ai le resini pogisa, Petroleum Resin ma ana oloa e masani ona fa'aaogaina mo le fa'amalosia o le pa'u, fa'aopoopo mo sima.
Catalytic polymerization o resins suauu o se cationic faaopoopo polymerization tali, Petroleum Resin e masani lava carbon iva monomers i lalo o le gaoioiga a se catalyst e fausia ai se kaponi lelei ion nofoaga autu e amata ai le filifili polymerization, faapea synthesizing resins suauu. O le nofoaga autu malosi e matua aʻafia lava i le tikeri o le vavaeeseina o le paʻu ion. Pe a eseese le auala tali ma solvent, Petroleum Resin le nofoaga autu malosi e ese foi. Petroleum Resin Catalytic polymerization o le muamua ma sili ona lautele faaaogaina i le synthesis o resins suauu.
Free radical polymerization e mafua ona o le i ai o se numera tele o noataga unsaturated (paiga tasi o electrons) i le iva-vaega carbon mole, Petroleum Resin lea e faia radicals saoloto i lalo o le gaioiga a se initiator ma amataina filifili polymerization. A maeʻa ona faʻapipiʻiina le oloa, Petroleum Resin ua faʻaopoopoina se inhibitor malosi e faʻamutaina ai le tali. O mea amata e masani ona faʻaaogaina i le polymerization radical free o resini suauu o peroxides ma sodium fatty acids poʻo latou faʻafefiloi. O le aofa'i ma le fua faatatau o tagata e amatalia e sili atu lona a'afiaga i le lelei o oloa. O le eseesega autu i le va o le cationic polymerization ma free radical polymerization o le natura eseese o le faaiuga o le filifili tuputupu aʻe, Petroleum Resin o lona uiga, o le eseese o nofoaga autu. O lona faatinoga autu o loo i vaega nei:
Ua molia le filifili tuputupu aʻe o cationic polymerization; Petroleum Resin le tuputupu aʻe filifili o cationic polymerization ma le counter ion e mafai ona vaaia mai luga. O le tuufaatasiga o le vaega o le carbon nine e lavelave, Petroleum Resin ma le mea e faʻafefe ai e maualuga, lea e faigata ona tuʻu saʻo. E tamaoaiga i olefins unsaturated, Petroleum Resin faia le carbon iva vaega talafeagai mo le gaosiga. Mea mata mo suau'u resini.
