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RESEARCH PRODUCT

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Doris GeiserHartwig HöckerMaurizio RagnettiRadulf C. Oberthür

subject

chemistry.chemical_compoundMolar masschemistryVirial coefficientScatteringPolymer chemistryRadius of gyrationPolystyrenePhysics::Chemical PhysicsNeutron scatteringGyrationSmall-angle neutron scattering

description

Samples of ring and open chain polystyrene in dilute perdeuterated toluene solution were measured by small angle neutron scattering up to a value of the scattering vector Q = 2 nm−1. The molar masses 12000 ≤ M/(g/mol) ≤ 22000, the mean square radii of gyration 〈R2〉 and the second virial coefficients A2 of the samples were determined. The results are compared to theories which describe the dependencies 〈R2〉 = f(M) and A2 = f(M) for both cyclic and linear chain molecules. A qualitative agreement between theory and experiment is obtained.

https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.1985.021860819