Question: Two polymeric materials, with the same weight average molecular weight, but the following distributions. Which polymer do you think will be easier to pull apart

 Two polymeric materials, with the same weight average molecular weight, but

Two polymeric materials, with the same weight average molecular weight, but the following distributions. Which polymer do you think will be easier to pull apart and why? Two polymer chains have the same molecular weight; however, one is highly branched and the other is linear. Will the two polymer chains have the same hydrodynamic radius? If so, why? If not, which will be smaller and why

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