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Molecular weight and

Degree of Polymerization

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The concept
• In low mol wt compounds, each molecule is identical and possesses same mol wt.
It is a sort of its identity.
• In case of polymers, there are several species present simultaneously.
• These species are formed during synthesis reactions according to statistical
probability depending on the constraints of thermodynamics and kinetics of the
reactions involved.
• Different chain lengths of the repeat unit exist, each one obviously having a
different mol wt.
• Therefore, a polymer has only average mol wt, and there are several types of
averages.
• Many properties of polymers depend on avg mol wt and distribution of mol wts.

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EXAMPLE

Fraction Contribution
of each of each to the
vegetable avg wt
2/15 (2/15) X 10 = 1.33 g

4/15 (4/15) X 20 = 5.33 g

6/15 (6/15) X 100 = 40.0 g

3/15 (3/15) X 250 = 50.0 g

96.66 g
Number of weight of each Number average wt
polymer species polymer species
of particular Here we assume that each species contributes
chain length
to the average weight in the proportion of its
number. 6
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APPLYING THE
CONCEPT TO POLYMER
SPECIES

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Assignment
1. Consider three hypothetical monodisperse polymers, with M = 10,000,
M = 100,000, and M = 1,000,000.
For each, calculate, (weight average) and (number average)after adding the
following to 100 parts by weight of the polymer with M = 100,000:
a) 20 parts by weight of the polymer with M = 10,000.
b) 20 parts by weight of the polymer with M = 1,000,000
Calculate and after adding the following to 100 parts by number (of molecules) of
the polymer with M = 100,000:
c) 20 parts by number of the polymer with M = 10,000
d) 20 parts by number of the polymer with M = 1,000,000

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