plastics - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Advanced recycling of these materials involves breaking them down into molecular building blocks for use as feedstock for the original material. For 10 points each:

[10e] Identify these ubiquitous, synthetic polymers, such as PET, which can be molded or extruded into various consumer products like disposable water bottles.

ANSWER: plastics [accept thermosets; accept thermoplastics]

[10m] Polymerizing PET from terephthalic (“tear-ef-thal-ic”) acid and ethylene glycol involves the formation of this functional group. A reaction named for Emil Fischer creates this functional group by reacting a carboxylic acid and an alcohol.

ANSWER: ester [accept Fischer esterification]

[10h] This compound, the first commercially available synthetic plastic, was synthesized in 1907 by condensing formaldehyde and phenol together.

ANSWER: Bakelite [or polyoxybenzylmethyleneglycolanhydride]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	6	20.00	100%	50%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	67%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	9	12.22	100%	22%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%

Data


Binghamton A	Cornell E	10	10	10	30
Cornell D	Cornell C	10	10	10	30
U of Rochester A	Penn State	10	10	0	20
Cornell G	RIT A	10	0	0	10
Syracuse	RIT B	10	0	10	20
U of Rochester B	RIT C	10	0	0	10
UCLA E	Claremont B	10	10	10	30
Claremont C	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UCLA D	10	0	10	20
UCLA C	UCSD	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	USC	10	10	0	20
Illinois C	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Purdue C	Illinois D	10	10	10	30
Iowa A	WashU A	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame A	Illinois A	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame B	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Iowa B	Notre Dame C	10	0	0	10
SIUE	Purdue A	10	0	10	20
Northwestern A	Purdue B	10	0	0	10
Illinois B	WashU B	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Columbia J	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Rutgers A	10	0	0	10
Penn B	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
Penn A	NYU A	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	NYU B	10	10	0	20
Princeton A	Lehigh A	10	0	0	10
Rowan A	Lehigh B	10	0	0	10
Bard A	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Jefferson County Scholars	Miami B	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Michigan B	10	0	0	10
Michigan C	West Virginia A	10	0	10	20
Miami C	Michigan State A	10	0	0	10
West Virginia B	Ohio State A	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	Ohio State B	10	10	0	20
Miami A	Ohio State C	10	10	0	20
UW Envy	Alberta	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	UW Chastity	10	0	0	10
UW Wrath	Arizona State B	10	0	10	20
UW Gluttony	UBC A	10	0	0	10
UBC B	UW Greed	10	10	0	20
UW Pride	UW Lust	10	0	0	10
Emory Oxford	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
Auburn C	Georgia Tech E	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Furman	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Emory A	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Southern	10	10	0	20
South Carolina B	Tennessee A	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Vanderbilt B	10	0	0	10
Liberty B	Appalachian State A	10	0	0	10
Appalachian State B	Liberty C	10	0	0	10
NC State	James Madison B	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	VCU	10	10	0	20
Duke A	Tusculum	10	10	0	20
UNC B	Virginia	10	10	10	30
UNC C	UNC D	10	0	0	10
William & Mary	Virginia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	10	0	0	10