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7 months agoContributor-Level 10
Buna – N is synthetic rubber which can be stretched and retains its original status on releasing the force.
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Vulcanization of rubber is carried out by heating a mixture of isoprene and sulphur.
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8 months agoContributor-Level 10
Copolymer is the polymer formed by two or more monomers having multiple bonds.
Buna – S, PHBV and butadiene – styrene are copolymers. Neoprene is homopolymer.
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8 months agoContributor-Level 10
No. of Amino acid units are 4 and
No. of peptide bonds are 3
In tetrapeptide
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8 months agoContributor-Level 10
Buna-N is obtained by copolymerization of 1, 3-butadiene and acrylonitrile,
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8 months agoContributor-Level 10
This is a assertion and reason answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar
(iv) Assertion is correct statement and reason is wrong statement. (v) Assertion is wrong statement and reason is correct statement.
Explanation: Most of the Synthetic polymers are not biodegradable. A large number of the polymers are resistant to the degradation process of the environment and therefore, are responsible for the accumlation of polymeric solid waste material.
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This is a assertion and reason answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar
(i) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason does not explain assertion.
Explanation: Thermosetting polymers are cross linked polymers. They are highly branched polymers with high molecular masses. These polymers on heating undergo cross linking in moulds. They become infusible on heating.
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This is a assertion and reason answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar
(v) Assertion is wrong statement and reason is correct statement.
Explanation: Synthetic rubber is a type of rubber polymer that are capable of getting stretched to twice of its length. They are homopolymers of either 1,3-butadiene derivatives or copolymers of butadiene. Polychloroprene or neoprene is a type of synthetic rubber.
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