Molecular Weight Distribution of Copolymer in Solution Copol ymerization

Molecular Weight, Molecular Volume, and Hydration of Proteins in Solution

1. The gram molecular weight of a substance may be calculated from the osmotic pressure of its solution. 2. The radius of the hydrated molecule and, hence, the gram molecular volume of the hydrated solute may be determined from diffusion measurements. The hydration of the molecules may, therefore, be calculated from osmotic pressure and diffusion measurements. 3. Hydration may also be determine...

Rheological Method for Determining Molecular Weight and Molecular Weight Distribution

The molecular-weight distribution of glycosaminoglycans.

1. A rapid and sensitive method for the accurate estimation of the molecular-weight distribution of keratan sulphate and chondroitin sulphate isolated from adult bovine nasal septum and intervertebral disc is described. The method utilizes gel chromatography of reductively labelled glycosaminoglycan and end-group estimation of number-average molecular weight for each fraction across the peak of...

Calculation of Molecular Weight Distribution from Molecular Weight Moments in Free Radical Polymerization

A novel method is presented for the calculation of weight chain length distribution in free radical polymerization of vinyl monomers. In the proposed method, polymerization kinetic equations and molecular weight moment equations are used in conjunction with a function that defines the weight fraction of polymer in a finite chain length interval. The entire range of molecular weight is divided i...

Pathway to copolymer collapse in dilute solution: uniform versus random distribution of comonomers.

Monte Carlo simulations show that copolymers with uniformly (or periodically) distributed sticky comonomers collapse "cooperatively," abruptly forming a compact intermediate comprising a monomer shell surrounding a core of the aggregated comonomers. In comparison, random copolymers collapse through a relatively less-compact intermediate comprising a comonomer core surrounded by a fluffy monomer...