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EXERCISES

1. Make crude sketches or diagrams showing

(a) a linear polymer,

(b) a polymer with pendantgroups,

(c)apolymerwithshortbranches,

(d)apolymerwithlongbranches, and crosslinked polymers with

(e) low and

(f) high crosslinked density.

2. Which has

(a) the greater volume and

(b) the lower softening point: HDPE or LDPE?

3. What is the approximate bond angle of the carbon atoms in

(a) a linear and

(b) a crosslinked polymer?

4. What is the approximate length of an HDPE chain when n 2000 of a PVC chain of
the same number of repeating units?

5. Which of the following is a monodisperse polymer:

(a) hevea rubber,

(b) corn starch,

(c) cellulose from cotton,

(d) casein from milk,

(e) HDPE,

(f) PVC,

(g) b-keratin,
(h) nylon-66,

(i) DNA?

6. What is the degree of polymerization (DP) of LDPE having an average molecular


weight (M) of 27,974? 7. What is the structure of the repeating unit (mer) in

(a) polypropylene,

(b) poly(vinyl chloride),

(c) hevea rubber?

8. Which of the following is a branched chain polymer:

(a) HDPE,

(b) isotactic PP,

(c) LDPE,

(d) amylose starch?

9. Which of the following is a thermoplastic:

(a) ebonite,

(b) Bakelite,

(c) vulcanized rubber,

(d) HDPE,

(e) celluloid,

(f) PVC,

(g) LDPE?

10. Which has the higher crosslinked density,


(a) ebonite or

(b) soft vulcanized rubber?

11. Do HDPE and LDPE differ in

(a) configuration or

(b) conformation?

12. Which is a trans isomer:

(a) gutta percha or

(b) hevea rubber?

13. Which will have the higher softening point:

a) gutta percha or

(b) hevea rubber?

14. Show

(a) a head-to-tail, and (

b) a head-to-head configuration for poly(vinyl alcohol).

15. Show the structure of a typical portion of the chain of

(a) syndiotactic PVC,

(b) isotactic PVC.

16. Show Newman projections of the gauche forms of HDPE.

17. Name polymers whose intermolecular forces are principally

(a) London forces,

(b) dipole-dipole forces,

(c) hydrogen bonding.


18. Which will be more flexible:

(a) poly(ethylene terephthalate), or

(b) poly(butylene terephthalate)?

19.Which will have the higher glass transition temperature(Tg):

(a)poly(methylmethacrylate) or

(b) poly(butyl methacrylate)?

20. Which will have the higher Tg:

(a) isotactic polypropylene or

(b) atactic polypropylene?

21. Whichwillbemorepermeabletoagasatroomtemperature:

(a)isotacticpolypropylene or

(b) atactic polypropylene?

22. Which will have the greater difference between Tm and Tg values:

(a) HDPE or

(b) LDPE?

23. What is the full contour length of a molecule of HDPE with a DP of 1500?

24. Which would be more flexible:

(a) poly(methyl acrylate) or

(b) poly(methyl methacrylate)?

25. Would you expect the orientation time of HDPE to increase by approximately
5% or 50% when it is cooled from 90 deg C to 80 deg C?
26. Which would have the higher melting point:

(a) nylon-66 or

(b) an aramide?

27. What type of hydrogen bonds are present in a globular protein?

28. Which would have the greater tendency to cold flow at room temperature:

(a)poly(vinyl acetate) (Tg = 301 K) or

(b) polystyrene (Tg =375 K)?

29. Which would be more transparent:

(a) polystyrene or

(b) isotactic polypropylene?

30.Which would be more apt to produce crystallites:

(a)HDPE or

(b)poly(butylmethacrylate)?

31. How would you cast a nearly transparent film of LDPE?

32. Which would tend to be more crystalline when stretched:

(a) unvulcanized rubber or

(b) ebonite?

33.Which would be more apt to exhibit side chaincrystallization


(a)poly(methylmethacrylate) or

(b) poly(dodecyl methacrylate)?

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