Introduction Polystyrene is a hard, brittle plastic. It’s used for many things like plastic containers and utensils. Polystyrene will be made using free-radical polymerization of the monomer, styrene. Benzoyl peroxide will be the radical initiator and the solvent is toluene. Purpose Free-radical polymerization of Styrene to yield Polystyrene. Data: Toluene is a good solvent …
