ABS plastic is a polymer consisting of three monomer units: acrylonitrile (C₃H₃N), butadiene (C₄H₆), and styrene (C₈H₈). A sample of ABS plastic contains 11.7% N by mass. It took 1.56 g of Br₂ to react completely with a 2.00 g sample of ABS plastic. Bromine reacts 1:1 (by moles) with the butadiene units in the polymer and nothing else, so bromination is a method for determining the quantity of butadiene in the polymer. What is the percent by mass of styrene in the polymer

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ABS plastic is a polymer consisting of three monomer units: acrylonitrile (C₃H₃N), butadiene (C₄H₆), and styrene (C₈H₈). A sample of ABS plastic contains 11.7% N by mass. It took 1.56 g of Br₂ to react completely with a 2.00 g sample of ABS plastic. Bromine reacts 1:1 (by moles) with the butadiene units in the polymer and nothing else, so bromination is a method for determining the quantity of butadiene in the polymer. What is the percent by mass of styrene in the polymer?

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Mass of ABS sample 2.00 gsample of ABS plastic contains 11.7% N by massNitrogen mass in  ABS sample = 11.7100×2.00 = 0.234Molar mass of acrylonitrile (CHN) = 53 gm/mol 53 gm of  acrylonitrile contain 14 gm of nitrogenso,  0.234 gm of nitrogen contain = 0.234gm×53 gm14                                                            = 0.8858 gm of  acrylonitrile so,  0.8858 gm of  acrylonitrile in ABS sample

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