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A rubber contains 70 wt% butadiene (molar mass = 54 g/mol), 20 wt% isoprene (molar mass = 68 g/mol), 5 wt% sulfur and 5 wt% carbon black. Assume that all the sulfur is present in crosslinks. If each sulfide crosslink contains an average of two sulfur atoms, the percentage of possible crosslinks that are joined by vulcanization is ........................%. (Round off to one decimal place)
  • GATE XE - 2025
  • GATE XE
  • Polymer Science and Engineering
  • Vulcanization kinetics

The molar mass distribution of a polymer is given as: 

Number of moleculesMolar mass (g/mol)
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505000

The resulting weight average molecular weight of the polymer is ................ g/mol. (Answer in integer)

  • GATE XE - 2023
  • GATE XE
  • Polymer Science and Engineering
  • Vulcanization kinetics