Question: For a polymerization reaction system, at the initial stage 1000 propagating chains is growing, and at the end of polymerization, analysis showed that 65 %

For a polymerization reaction system, at the initial stage 1000 propagating chains is growing, and at the end of polymerization, analysis showed that 65 % of these chains has terminated by coupling and the rest by disproportionation, find the average number of initiator fragments per polymer molecule. Also, find the degree of polymerization assuming the average kinetic chain length was 200.

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