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JEE Advanced · Chemistry · 30. Polymers

Among cellulose, polyvinyl chloride, nylon and natural rubber, the polymer in which the intermolecular force of attraction is weakest in

  1. A nylon
  2. B polyvinyl chloride
  3. C cellulose
  4. D natural rubber
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(D) natural rubber

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Nylon has amid linkage capable of forming intermolecular H - bonding as

Due to \(\mathrm{H}\)-bonding, nylon has strong intermolecular attraction.
Cellulose is a polyhydroxy compound, also capable of forming strong intermolecular \(\mathrm{H}\)-bonding. Polyvinyl chloride is a polar polymer due to carbon chlorine bond and it possess strong dipole-dipole attraction. Natural rubber is poly (isoprene), a hydrocarbon, possess weak van der Waal's attraction.
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