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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

This work was supported by the Slovak Grant Agency VEGA, project No. 2-7037-20.<br />

The author thanks Mrs J. Tarbajovska for her technical assistance.<br />

APPENDIX<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Selected Abbreviations<br />

CSD Chemical structure distribution<br />

2D-HPLC, 2D-LC Two-dimensional (high-performance) liquid<br />

chromatography<br />

EG HPLC Eluent gradient HPLC<br />

ELSD Evaporative light-scattering detector<br />

FCD Distribution <strong>of</strong> functional group concentration<br />

FT Functional group type<br />

FTD Distribution <strong>of</strong> functional group type<br />

GFC Gel filtration chromatography<br />

GPC Gel permation chromatography<br />

HDC Hydrodynamic chromatography<br />

HPLC High-performance liquid chromatography<br />

K Chromatographic distribution constant<br />

KV ,a<br />

Constants in viscosity law [Eq. (6)]<br />

LC CC Liquid chromatography under critical conditions<br />

LC LC Liquid chromatography under limiting conditions<br />

M Local molar mass <strong>of</strong> polymer, usually the most abundant<br />

molar mass within sample or within its fraction<br />

MAD Molecular architecture distribution<br />

(M)CC (Mean) chemical composition<br />

MCS Mean (average) chemical structure<br />

(M)FC (Mean) functional group concentration<br />

MMA Mean (average) molecular architecture<br />

MMD Molar mass distribution<br />

MMM Mean (average) molar mass<br />

PS/DVB Polystyrene/divinylbenzene copolymers, important<br />

column packings for HPLC <strong>of</strong> polymers<br />

RSR Reconcentrating, eluent switching, sample storing, <strong>and</strong><br />

reintroducing system<br />

SEC <strong>Size</strong> exclusion chromatography<br />

Vm<br />

Total volume <strong>of</strong> liquid within column, void volume <strong>of</strong><br />

column<br />

Retention volume<br />

VR<br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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