The rejection of a fraction of macromolecules, or of impurities, or both, from growing crystals. The rejected macromolecules are usually those of insufficient
relative molecular mass, or differing in
constitution or configuration (e.g. branching,
tacticity, etc.).
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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.
