Preferred Label : contour length;
Obsolete resource : true;
Detailed label : contour length in polymers;
IUPAC definition : the maximum end-to-end distance of a linear polymer chain. for a single-strand polymer
molecule, this usually means the end-to-end distance of the chain extended to the
all-trans conformation. for chains with complex structure, only an approximate value
of the contour length may be accessible. the sum of the lengths of all skeletal bonds
of a single-strand polymer molecule is occasionally termed contour length. this use
of this term is discouraged.;
Origin ID : C01308;
See also
the maximum end-to-end distance of a linear polymer chain. for a single-strand polymer
molecule, this usually means the end-to-end distance of the chain extended to the
all-trans conformation. for chains with complex structure, only an approximate value
of the contour length may be accessible. the sum of the lengths of all skeletal bonds
of a single-strand polymer molecule is occasionally termed contour length. this use
of this term is discouraged.
