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Past exam of the chemistry course of the year 3 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 3 50 d Solution by
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Taking the stated melting point as the reference for a crystallizable A, introducing acetate-bearing units disrupts regular sequences and crystal packing. The expected result is a lower melting point for B, often with broader or less complete crystallization. The ideal copolymer melting-point depression estimate iswhen unlike units are excluded from the crystal. The larger vinyl ester in the drawing is vinyl pentanoate: its acyl substituent has a four-carbon alkyl chain. At comparable incorporation it should generally disrupt regular packing more and favour a still lower melting range or suppressed crystallinity, although the exact trend depends on composition and side-group interactions. The formula concerns melting of crystallites, not the glass transition; a universal numerical melting point cannot be inferred for an unspecified real PVC copolymer.
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