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What is degree of polymerization? Give its significance. A homo polymer has mol.wt.= 56,000. Its monomer mol.wt is =28. Calculate its degree of polymerization.
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written 3.0 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 65k

The degree of polymerization (DP) is usually defined as the number of monomeric units in a macromolecule or polymer or oligomer molecule.

For a homopolymer, there is only one type of monomeric unit and the number-average degree of polymerization is given by

$DP_n\equiv{}X_n=\dfrac{M_n}{M_o}$

where

  • Mn is the number-average molecular weight …

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