Given below are two statements:\ Statement I: Ethene at 333 to 343 K and 6-7 atm pressure in the pr

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Given below are two statements:\ Statement I: Ethene at 333 to 343 K and 6-7 atm pressure in the presence of $AlEt_3$ and $TiCl_4$ undergoes addition polymerization to give LDP.\ Statement II: Caprolactam at 533-543 K in $H_2O$ through step growth polymerizes to give Nylon 6.

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Statement I is false because Ziegler-Natta catalysis yields High Density Polythene (HDP), not LDP. Statement II is true as caprolactam hydrolyzes and undergoes step-growth polymerization to Nylon 6.