For poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with a degree of polymerization of 800, calculate:(a) maximum length (or contour length)(b) unperturbed size. Note that C for PMMA is 9.0(c) If one such PMMA chain is packed into a sphere with a density of 1.18 g/cm', what is theradius of the sphere?

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For poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with a degree of polymerization of 800, calculate:
(a) maximum length (or contour length)
(b) unperturbed size. Note that C for PMMA is 9.0
(c) If one such PMMA chain is packed into a sphere with a density of 1.18 g/cm', what is the
radius of the sphere?

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