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propagation branching chain reaction initiation termination chain carrier chemical reaction acid–base reaction oxidation-reduction reaction chemical synthesis addition reaction substitution reaction polymerization elimination reaction reaction mechanism catalysis ion-exchange reaction

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Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

British chemist

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Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov

Russian chemist