Question

Reactions designed to produce these molecules can exhibit a dangerous thermal runaway in autoacceleration. Titanium or aluminum-based catalysts (10[1])for making these molecules can control whether they are isotactic (“eye-so-tactic”), syndiotactic (10[2])(“sin-dee-oh-tactic”), or atactic (“ay-tactic”). These molecules have their dispersity index measured with dynamic light scattering. These molecules are the targeted product of reactions that contain initiation, propagation, and termination (-5[2])steps, and proceed in a “chain-growth” manner. Common examples of these molecules used in clothing include Teflon and nylon. For 10 points, name these macromolecules that consist of many repeating monomers. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: polymers [accept chain-growth polymerization]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Fish Tsai (DII)UCSDUCLA E1710
Adam Tang (UG)Claremont CUSC2810
Ayush Patel (DII)UCLA CUCLA D2810
Anna Figge (DII)Claremont BClaremont A55-5
Nick Machin (UG)UCLA AUCLA B55-5
Ivan Karp (UG)UCLA BUCLA A8610
Annika Larson (DII)Claremont AClaremont B8710

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