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Which of the following statements about the free radical polymerisation of ethene to low density polyethene is/are correct? (One or more options may be correct.)

  1. AIt is initiated by a trace of dioxygen or a peroxide at high pressure.
  2. BA catalyst of and is essential for chain growth.
  3. CTermination by combination gives a dead chain with initiator-derived fragments at both ends.
  4. DShort and long branches arise through chain transfer to polymer, such as back-biting.

Answer: A, C, D

Radical initiation by or peroxide, branching by chain transfer and combination termination (two initiator-started chains coupling) all describe the LDPE process. The system is Ziegler-Natta and gives the linear HDPE, not LDPE.
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