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Figure 5 SEC universal calibration curve demonstrates that molecular hydrodynamic<br />

volume [h]M governs the separation mechanism. (From Ref. 15, with permission from John<br />

Wiley <strong>and</strong> Sons, Inc.)<br />

weights <strong>and</strong> known intrinsic viscosities, either measured or calculated from the<br />

Mark–Houwink coefficients. The calibration curve is then constructed from a plot<br />

<strong>of</strong> log[h]M against the measured elution volume. The molecular weight <strong>of</strong> each<br />

fraction <strong>of</strong> an unknown eluting polymer can then be calculated from the universal<br />

calibration curve <strong>and</strong> either the measured polymer intrinsic viscosity or the Mark–<br />

Houwink coefficients:<br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.<br />

M ¼ hn hn<br />

¼<br />

[h] K<br />

1=(aþ1)<br />

(11)

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