Najjad Zeenni Department of

Faculty of Materials
Engineering Engineering

Course Name: Polymer Science and Technology

(0703342)
Home Work no. 2

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Instructor: Dr. Omar Ayyad

Date: 4/4/2020

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1. Which of the following is a thermoplastic: (a) Bakelite, (b) vulcanized rubber, (c) HDPE, (d)
celluloid, (e) PVC, or (f) LDPE?

2. If some head-to-head configuration is detected in a polymer chain known to propagate

by head-to-tail addition, what type of termination has occurred?

3. Name polymers (one polymer for each forces) whose intermolecular forces are principally
(a) London forces, (b) dipole–dipole forces, and (c) hydrogen bonding.

4. Show the chemical structure of (a) a head-to-tail and (b) a head-to-head configuration for
PVA.

5. What would be the repeting unit obtained in the polymerization of the following
monomers:

6. Draw structural formulas of only one repeating unit for each of the following polymers:
(a) poly(styrene-co-methyl methacrylate)
(b) polypropylene
(c) poly(hexamethylene adipamide)
(d) polyformaldehyde
(e) poly(ethylene terephthalate)

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7. If the following monomers are going to react with each other, what is the repeating unit
which would be obtained?

8. Calculate the degree of polymerization of each of the following polymers?

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9. Which of the following will give a polymer when condensed with adipic acid: (a) ethanol,
(b) ethylene glycol, (c) glycerol, (d) aniline, or (e) ethylenediamine?

10. Which would be more flexible: (a) PBT (Polybutylene terephthalate) or (b) poly(hexylene
terephthalate)?

11. Which of the following could serve as an initiator for an anionic chain polymerization:
(a) AlCl3–H2O, (b) BF3–H2O, (c) butyllithium, or (d) sodium metal?

12. What is the relationship between Ri and Rt under steady-state conditions?

13. If [M•] is equal to 1 × 10−11 mol/L under steady-state conditions, what will [M•] equal
after (a) 30, (b) 60, and (c) 90 min?

14. Define r1 and r2 in terms of rate constants? Do the r1 and r2 values increase or decrease
during copolymerization?

15. What monomer may be polymerized by anionic, cationic, and free-radical chain
techniques?

16. Which chain polymerization technique would you select to polymerize: (a) isobutylene,
(b) acrylonitrile, or (c) propylene?

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