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Card 6
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What is meant by Glass Transition Temperature (Tg)?
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Card 7
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How does a polymer behave above it's Tg?
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Card 8
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What happens when the melting temperature (Tm) is reached?
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Card 9
Front
The melting and glass transition processes are reversible for ___?
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Card 10
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In general the longer the chain the stronger the polymer, however...?
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Card 11
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What is meant by tensile strength?
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Card 12
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How might having longer chains increase the tensile strength of a polymer?
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Card 13
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How would having more points of contact along polymer chains, increase the tensile strength?
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Card 14
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To make a polymer more flexible, you need to lower...?
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Card 15
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Describe copolymerisation and how this would decrease the Tg?
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