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 (“eye-so-tactic”), syndiotactic (“sin-dee-oh-tactic”), or atactic (“ay-tactic”). These molecules have their dispersity index measured with dynamic light scattering. (-5[1])These molecules are the targeted product of reactions that contain initiation, propagation, and termination steps, and proceed (-5[1])in a “chain-growth” manner. Common examples of these molecules (-5[1])used in clothing include Teflon (10[1])and nylon. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name these macromolecules (10[1])that (10[1])consist of many repeating monomers. (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: polymers [accept chain-growth polymerization]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Euan McCubbinUW ChastityUBC B41-5
Jacob BieriBoise StateUW Wrath58-5
Florian ChiuUW SlothUW Lust67-5
Matthew WangUBC BUW Chastity7210
Dylan BianchiUW GreedArizona State A74-5
Chris SteinbronnUW GluttonyArizona State B7410
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona State AUW Greed8010
Tai BelkeUBC AUW Envy8110
Darrien LiangUW WrathBoise State8610
Akshath SrinivasanUW LustUW Sloth870

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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