THE KRAMERS CHAIN MODEL FOR POLYMERS |
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| Authors: | R BYRON BIRD |
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| Affiliation: | Chemical Engineering Department and Rheology Research Center , University of Wisconsin , Madison, WI, 53706 |
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| Abstract: | The freely jointed bead-rod chain (the “Kramers chain”) is a fairly realistic model for a macromolecule, and therefore it has been finding increased use in polymer science, particularly in connection with the calculation of rheological properties. The equilibrium configurational distribution function is derived (not a “random-walk” function). Then some of the recent uses of the Kramers chain for understanding the nonequilibrium properties of solutions and melts are summarized. |
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| Keywords: | Bubble growth Multicomponent gas bubbles |
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