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This document contains 10 questions about polymer chain concepts from a lecture on October 20, 2015. The questions cover definitions of an ideal chain, parameters used to describe polymer coil conformation and size, how end-to-end distance depends on degree of polymerization for an ideal chain, the characteristic ratio, equivalent freely jointed chain, freely rotating chain and its end-to-end distance, hindered rotation model, definition of radius of gyration, relation between radius of gyration and end-to-end distance for an ideal chain, and free energy of an ideal chain.

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This document contains 10 questions about polymer chain concepts from a lecture on October 20, 2015. The questions cover definitions of an ideal chain, parameters used to describe polymer coil conformation and size, how end-to-end distance depends on degree of polymerization for an ideal chain, the characteristic ratio, equivalent freely jointed chain, freely rotating chain and its end-to-end distance, hindered rotation model, definition of radius of gyration, relation between radius of gyration and end-to-end distance for an ideal chain, and free energy of an ideal chain.

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Questions on Lecture 2 from 20 October 2015

1. What is the definition of an ideal chain?


2. Which parameters are used to describe the conformation and size of a polymer coil?
3. How does the end-to-end distance depend on
the degree of polymerization for an ideal chain?
4. What is the characteristic ratio?
5. What is the equivalent freely jointed chain?
6. What is the freely rotating chain and what is its end-to-end distance?
7. How is the hindered rotation model defined?
8. What is the definition of the radius of gyration?
9. What is the relation between the radius of gyration and
the end-to-end distance for an ideal chain?
10. What is the free energy of an ideal chain?

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