N links Figure 3.17. A crude model of a rubber band as a chain in which each link can only point left or right.

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 Polymers, like rubber, are made of very long molecules, usually tangled up in a configuration that has lots of entropy. As a very crude model of a rubber band, consider a chain of N links, each of length L Imagine that each link has only two possible states, pointing either left or right. The total length L of the rubber band is the net displacement from the beginning of the first link to the end of the last link.

 

Discuss the dependence of the tension force on temperature. If you increase the temperature of a rubber band, does it tend to expand or contract? Does this behavior make sense?

N links
Figure 3.17. A crude model of a rubber band as a chain in which each
link can only point left or right.
Transcribed Image Text:N links Figure 3.17. A crude model of a rubber band as a chain in which each link can only point left or right.
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