Name_______________________ Polymer Chemistry 7440

The quiz answers, (left or right, of A, B, C, D) have DIFFERENT answers here and online,
Make sure you get the answers online (not the ones below.)
1) Which of these has the HIGHER crystallinity?

or
NC CN n CN n

poly(vinylidene cyanide) polyacrylonitrile

2) Which has the HIGHER glass transition temperature?

or

n n

poly(3,3-dimethyl-1-butene) poly(1-hexene)

3) Which of these has the LOWER glass transition temperature?

or

n n

polystyrene poly(vinylcyclohexane)

4) Which of these is the BEST chain transfer reagent (reduces the degree of
polymerization)?

CHCl3 CH2Cl2
 5) How will nitrophenol affect a polymerization?

a) Inhibitor
b) It will not affect the polymerization
c) Retarder
d) Accelerator

6) If you do not have r1 or r2 for your copolymerization (let's say these are "new" monomers),
how can you get each one of these? 

a) Figure out the feedstock for the first few hours of a copolymerization

b) Figure out the feedstock and the copolymer composition for the first few hours of a
copolymerization

c) Figure out the feedstock and copolymer composition at one time during the
copolymerization

d) Figure out the copolymer composition for the first few hours of the copolymerization

7) Which is the best homopolymer (within one hour, the highest MW)?

a) trans-stilbene (trans-1,2-diphenylethene)
b) -methylstyrene
c) styrene
d) trans--methylstyrene

8) Copolymers:
Ethylene and vinyl acetate at 130oC gives an r1 of 0.97 and an r2 of 1.02.  What type of
structure do you see from there copolymerization.

a) Alternating copolymer
b) Multiblock copolymer
c) Random copolymer
d) Diblock copolymer
9) Copolymers:
Methyl methacrylate and vinyl acetate at 60oC gives an r1 of 20 and an r2 of
0.015.  What type of structure do you see from their copolymerization?
.
a) Alternating copolymer
b) Multiblock copolymer
c) Random copolymer
d) Diblock copolymer

10) Copolymers:

Styrene and maleic anhydride at 60 oC give you an r1 of 0.041 and an r2 of 0.01. 
What type of structure do you see from their copolymerization.
a) Alternating copolymer
b) Multiblock copolymer
c) Random copolymer
d) Diblock copolymer