The process in which a precipitant is added incrementally to a highly dilute polymer
solution and the intensity of light scattered by, or the turbidity due to, the finely
dispersed particles of the
polymer-rich phase is measured as a function of the amount of precipitant added.
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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).
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