Question

Reactions designed to produce these molecules can exhibit a dangerous thermal runaway in autoacceleration. Titanium or aluminum-based catalysts for making these molecules can control whether they are isotactic (10[1])(“eye-so-tactic”), syndiotactic (“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 (10[1])termination steps, (-5[1])and proceed in a “chain-growth” manner. (-5[1])Common examples of these molecules used in clothing include Teflon (10[2])and nylon. For 10 points, (10[1])name these macromolecules that consist of many repeating (10[1])monomers. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: polymers [accept chain-growth polymerization]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Derek Chen (UG)Columbia A (UG)Princeton A (UG)2710
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Lehigh A (UG)5410
Leonard Castine (DII)Penn B (DII)Maryland B (DII)56-5
Alexandra Duan (DII)Columbia BNYU B62-5
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Fordham A7210
Vincent Zhang (DII)Penn A (DII)Rutgers B7210
Jason Lee (DII)Rutgers A (UG)NYU A (UG)7710
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Lehigh B (DII)8510
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BColumbia B8710
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Penn B (DII)8710

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY967%0%44%65.50
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY888%0%38%66.43
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%67%78.60
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1191%0%27%70.60
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY1090%0%30%63.56
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%40%49.20
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%25%70.13
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%50.56