Preferred Label : excluded volume of a macromolecule;
Detailed label : excluded volume of a macromolecule in polymers;
IUPAC definition : The volume from which a macromolecule in a dilute solution of a macromolecule effectively
excludes all other macromolecules. The excluded volume of a macromolecule depends
on the Gibbs and Helmholtz energies of mixing of solvent and polymer, i.e. on the
thermodynamic quality of the solvent, and is not a measure of the geometrical volume
of that macromolecule.;
Origin ID : E02259;
See also
The volume from which a macromolecule in a dilute solution of a macromolecule effectively
excludes all other macromolecules. The excluded volume of a macromolecule depends
on the Gibbs and Helmholtz energies of mixing of solvent and polymer, i.e. on the
thermodynamic quality of the solvent, and is not a measure of the geometrical volume
of that macromolecule.
