Local Packing Effects in Melts

A quantity closely related to bx/d is the packing length p, defined by Fetters et al. (1994)  

For more detailed information on the structure and morphology of polymers, see Flory (1953, 1969), Grosberg and Khokhlov (1994), and Painter and Coleman (1994). The rheology of flexible polymer solutions and melts is covered in Chapter 3. 

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