Poly(ethylene oxide) is known to have a characteristic ratio of 4.0. If a particular sample has molecular weight of 150,000 g/mole, calculate the unperturbed root mean squared end-to-end distance and the root mean squared radius of gyration.

Poly(ethylene oxide) is known to have a characteristic ratio of 4.0. If a particular sample has molecular weight of 150,000 g/mole, calculate the unperturbed root mean squared end-to-end distance and the root mean squared radius of gyration.

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Poly(ethylene oxide) is known to have a characteristic ratio of 4.0. If a
particular sample has molecular weight of 150,000 g/mole, calculate the
unperturbed root mean squared end-to-end distance and the root mean squared
radius of gyration.

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