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PART-A (2 MARKS)
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9. What is Tacticity?
The orientation of monomeric units or functional groups in a polymer molecule can take
place in an orderly or disorderly manner with respect to the main chain is known as tacticity.
10. Define Tg.
Glass transition temperature (Tg) is the temperature at which the amorphous solid state
(glassy state) is transformed to the melt state.
12. How are the polymers classified on the basis of their Tacticity?
1. Isotactic polymers
Here functional groups are arranged on the same side of the main chain.
2. Syndiotactic polymers
Here functional groups are arranged in an alternating fashion.
3. Atactic polymers
Here functional groups are arranged randomly.
e.g. In Ethylene (CH-CH2) two bonding sites are present ( Two free electrons)
a) Thermoplastics: The polymers which become soft on heating and hard on cooling are
called thermoplastics. E.g. Polythelene, polyvinyl chloride, Teflon etc.,
b) Thermosetting polymers: The polymers which undergo chemical change and cross linking
on heating and become permanently hard, rigid and infusible are called thermosetting
polymers. E.g. epoxy resins, Phenol-formaldehyde resin etc.,
1 Bulk polymerization
2 Solution polymerization
3 Suspension polymerization
4 Emulsion polymerisation
Number average molecular weight is the ratio of the total weight of all the molecules to
the total number of molecules present in the polymer.
PART-B (16 MARKS)
1. i) Differentiate thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics.
ii) Explain the mechanism of free radical polymerization of polyvinyl chloride.
2. i) Explain the mechanism of cationic polymerization.
ii) Explain how molecular weight of a polymer is calculated by number average method.
3. i) Explain the mechanism of anionic polymerization
ii) Explain how molecular weight of a polymer is calculated by weight average method.
4. i) Give a detailed account on techniques of polymerization.
ii) Explain various functionality of a polymer with example and state its significance.
5. i) What are stereospecific polymers? Explain its various types.
ii) How are polymers classified? Explain.
6. Explain the following properties of polymers
i) Glass transition temperature, ii) Tacticity and iii) PDI
7. Write the preparation, properties and uses of i) Nylon-6, 6, ii) Epoxy resin
8. i)What are plastics? Explain its advantages and disadvantages.
ii) Explain the bulk polymerization technique and mention the name of polymers that can
be prepared by this technique.
9. i) Differentiate ionic and free radical polymerisation.
ii) Explain the nomenclature of polymers.
10. Write notes on the following
i) Molecular weight of a polymer, ii) Polydispersity index
iii) Emulsion polymerization and iv) Suspension polymerization.