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From: psubram "-at-" texaco.com (Palavo Subramanian)
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Subject: Polymer Chain Rigidity



 What is a good way to 'quantify' polymer chain rigidity ?. I am looking
at comparing the rigidity of Polymer A as a function of temperature and
also as a function of composition(monomer ratio in the case of a copolymer).
Is there a good way to calculate this? Is Persistence Length a good measure
of the rigidity?

 You can either post your replies on the net or mail to me at
psubram-!at!-texaco.com.  I will post a summary of the replies that I get.

Thanks in advance,

--Mani--