Contour length

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Contour length is a term used in molecular physics. The contour length of a polymer chain (a big molecule consisting of many similar smaller molecules) is its length at maximum physically possible extension.[1]

References

  1. Contour length (in polymers) IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd Edition, 1997

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