What viscosity experiment can be performed to obtain the shape factor (α) of polystyrene?...
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What viscosity experiment can be performed to obtain the shape factor (α) of polystyrene? Explain briefly.
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Analytical chemistry is a field of chemistry in which certain factors of a given compound or solution are tested in order to determine structural or molecular characteristics of a given system.
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