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What are the steps of PLA Synthesis?
Lactide is mixed with Tin Octanol and added Heat and Time
What is a Number Average Molecular Weight (Mn)?
The number represents the average number of repeating subunits in a polymer
=sum of (frequency of A x size of A)/ total number
What is the structure of an Amorphous Polymer?
Solid mass is composed of randomly arranged chains in some areas and chains which are arranged in an orderly but short range fashion in other areas
What are the comparisons of General properties of Amorphous and Semicrystalline Polymers?
1. Amorphous:
-High free volume
-Possesses a glass transition temp(Tg)
2. Semicrystalline:
-Low free volume
-Possesses both a glass transition temp(Tg) and a melting temp(Tm)
What is a Tg?
Glass Transistion Temp, which is specific to polymers. Above this temperature a polymer goes from hard brittle glass like material to a soft and felxible, rubber like material.
1. Backbone flexibility lowers Tg
2. Bulky pendent groups increases Tg by acting like an anchor (but can also decrease Tg by increasing free volume)
TRUE
False, PGA is Semicrystalline
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