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Reactions designed to produce these molecules can exhibit a dangerous thermal runaway in autoacceleration. Titanium or aluminum-based catalysts for making these molecules can (10[1])control whether they are isotactic (“eye-so-tactic”), syndiotactic (“sin-dee-oh-tactic”), or atactic (“ay-tactic”). These molecules (10[1])have their dispersity index measured with dynamic light scattering. These molecules are the targeted product of reactions that contain initiation, (10[1])propagation, and termination (10[1])steps, (10[3])and proceed in a “chain-growth” manner. (10[1])Common examples (10[1])of these molecules used in clothing include Teflon and nylon. For 10 points, name these macromolecules that consist of many repeating monomers. ■END■

ANSWER: polymers [accept chain-growth polymerization]
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Benny FeldmanChicago ASIUE3210
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Ishaan SinghPurdue BIllinois A5610
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