most probable distribution (in macromolecular
assemblies)
A discrete distribution with the differential
mass-distribution function of the form:
where
is a parameter characterizing the
chain length, such as
relative molecular mass or
degree of polymerization and
is a positive adjustable parameter. For large values of
, the most probable distribution converges to the particular case of the
Schulz–Zimm distribution with
.
In the literature, this distribution is sometimes referred to as the Flory distribution or the Schulz–Flory distribution.
Source:
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
