steric factor

in polymers

The ratio, $σ$ , of the root-mean-square end-to-end distance of a polymer chain with unperturbed dimensions, $< r 2 > 0 1 2$ , to that of a freely rotating chain with the same structure, $< r 2 > 0 , f 1 2$ , i.e. $< r 2 > 0 < r 2 > 0 , f$ , in the limit of infinite chain length. The steric factor reflects the effect of hindrance to free rotation.

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Purple Book, p. 50

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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.

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