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This section includes 6 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Polymer Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The transfer constant to the solvent for polymerization of of styrene in toluene at 60 C is 0.125*10-5. How much dilution is required to decrease the molecular weight by 4 times when 1/Xn0 is 3.5*10-4? |
| A. | t75 |
| B. | t42 |
| C. | t84 |
| D. | t7 |
| Answer» D. t7 | |
| 2. |
Consider the expression for reciprocal of average degree of polymerization, when styrene is polymerized with t-butyl hydroperoxide at 60 C-1/Xn = 0.6*10-4+10.0Rp+1.73*104 Rp2 |
| A. | nCalculate the value of initiator transfer constant, if the monomer concentration is 8.35 mol/l and the value of the term k<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> fk<sub>d</sub>/k<sub>t</sub>= 3.29*10<sup>-9</sup>. |
| B. | t0.035 |
| C. | t0.07 |
| D. | t0.063 |
| E. | t0.0175 |
| Answer» B. t0.035 | |
| 3. |
For polymerization of vinyl acetate with hydrogen peroxide at 60 C, the reciprocal of number average degree of polymerization is given by,1/Xn = 1.75*10-4 + 14.0Rp + 5.4*104Rp2 |
| A. | nWhat is the value of monomer transfer constant? |
| B. | t1.75*10<sup>-4</sup> |
| C. | t0.875*10<sup>-4</sup> |
| D. | t5.4*10<sup>4</sup> |
| E. | t14 |
| Answer» B. t1.75*10<sup>-4</sup> | |
| 4. |
What is the effect of polymer transfer on the polymer product formed by radical polymerization? |
| A. | tbecomes less crystallizable |
| B. | tbecomes mechanically weak |
| C. | tbecomes less resistant to foreign agents |
| D. | tall of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
How does the value of solvent transfer constant, CS vary in the solvents with increasing substitution at the -carbon? |
| A. | tincreases |
| B. | tdecreases |
| C. | tconstant |
| D. | tnone of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. tdecreases | |
| 6. |
What is the value of intercept and slope of the straight line, when the term [1/Xn [(y+2)/(y+1)](kt/kp2)(Rp/[M]2)] is plotted against the ratio [I]/[M], when both monomer and initiator transfer are considered? |
| A. | tC<sub>M</sub>, C<sub>I</sub> |
| B. | tC<sub>I</sub>, C<sub>M</sub> |
| C. | t0, C<sub>I</sub> |
| D. | tnone of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. tC<sub>I</sub>, C<sub>M</sub> | |