Weight-basis chain length distribution

Fig. 11 Calculated chain length distribution on a number and weight basis, for n=0.500...

Fig. 12 Instantaneous chain length distribution on a number and weight basis, where dead chains are formed by disproportionation termination. The value of n is increased by decreasing the bimolecular termination rate...

HPLC analysis of oligosaccharides from animal tissues or body fluids has been used to determine their molecular weight distribution. The majority of complex oligosaccharide separations has been carried out using chemically bonded amine columns which separate molecules on the basis of chain length, although reversed phase HPLC has been used to separate human milk oligosaccharides (Dua and Bush, 1983). 

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