For a linear condensation reaction of A-A and B-B type monomers
a) Calculate the extent of reaction, p, necessary to achieve a number average degree of polymerization of 200, assuming you start with 50 moles of A and 50 moles of B.
b) Calculate the weight average degree of polymerization and polydispersity of this sample.
c) Calculate the degree of polymerization that could be achieved at this degree of conversion (i.e., the value of p calculated in part A) if there were an impurity present, such that you not only had 50 moles of B monomer, but also 1 mole of a monofunctional R-B molecule.
d) Calculate the maximum degree of polymerization that could be achieved if there is a 2% excess of B units present in the polymerization described in paet A (i.e., r=100/102)