Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Polymer Engineering MCQ’s – Prediction of Gel Points
1 - Question
How does the viscosity vary with the onset of gelation of reaction mixture?
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains constant
d) none of the mentioned
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Explanation: With the onset of gelation, the medium viscosity increases rapidly and formation of insoluble mass (gel) takes place.
2 - Question
The cross linking established by linking the branched units leads to three dimensional structure which gives rise to the phenomenon of gelation of reaction mixture. State true or false.
a) true
b) false
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Explanation: The cross linking of branched units lead to the formation of measurable proportion of insoluble and infusible mass called gel, which then rapidly gets transformed into visco-elastic mass, if reaction continues beyond the gel point.
3 - Question
What does f in the expression for critical probability that the branched unit is linked to another branched unit, represents?
a) average functionality
b) functionality of branched units
c) functionality of monomer
d) none of the mentioned
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Explanation: The expression for critical probability is given by, αc = 1/(f-1) The f, here represents the functionality of branched units and if more than one branched units differing in functionality are used, then f is the average value of all multi-functional monomers.
4 - Question
What is the critical value of probability for trifunctional branch unit?
a) 1
b) 0.5
c) 0.25
d) 0.7
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Explanation: The critical probability for a trifunctional branch unit is 0.5 and it can be verified using the formula αc = 1/(f-1).
5 - Question
Which of the following assumptions fail taking into account the example of glycerol?
a) equal reactivity of functional groups
b) intramolecular cyclization reactions are forbidden
c) all of the mentioned
d) none of the mentioned
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Explanation: Glycerol contains three hydroxyl groups where secondary hydroxyl is less reactive than other two primary hydroxyl groups. This violates the assumption of equal reactivity.
6 - Question
The Carothers’ equation is used to predict the extent of polycondensation reaction at which the average degree of polymerization Xn, becomes infinite. State true or false.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: W.H. Carothers derived a general expression, relating the average functionality, extent of reaction and degree of polymerization, which is known as Carothers’ equation p= (2/f)(1-1/ Xn).
7 - Question
Why is it advisable to stop the reaction nearly 10-15% earlier the critical reaction completion?
a) cross-linking occurs
b) to avoid damage of reaction bowl
c) insoluble, bad quality product is obtained
d) all of the mentioned
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Explanation: If the reaction continues beyond the critical point, the product obtained will be unusable. So, it is advised to stop the reaction 10-15% earlier in p to avoid all the above problems and get good quality product.
8 - Question
Which curve represents the gel formation in the following graph, for a trifunctional polycondensation
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
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Explanation: For a trifunctional system, gelation start at p=0.5, and at p=1, the whole system is converted into insoluble and infusible mass of a giant molecule. So curve 4 represents the gelation process.