One hundred liters of methyl methacrylate containing 10.2 moles of an initiator (t1 / 2 = 50 h) in solution it polymerizes at 60°C. Calculate the amount of polymer formed in the first hour reaction. [Data: monomer density 0.94 g / cm3; kp = 515 L / mol * s; kt = 2.55x10^7 L / mol * s; f = 0.3].

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One hundred liters of methyl methacrylate containing 10.2 moles of an initiator (t1 / 2 = 50 h)
in solution it polymerizes at 60°C. Calculate the amount of polymer formed in the first hour
reaction. [Data: monomer density 0.94 g / cm3; kp = 515 L / mol * s; kt = 2.55x10^7 L / mol * s; f = 0.3].

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