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Radiation induces the crosslinking of polymers. Polymers, or Plastics, are made of thousands of very long chains of molecule. Crosslinking is the bonding together of these long chains. When crosslinking occurs, these strings are bonded to each other in multiple places forming larger multi-chain molecules.
