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k
Boltzmann's constant
k
Component
k
Concentration scale
k
Degree of counterion condensation at infinite dilution (in model of
Lammertz et al.)
KPA
Poly(potassium acrylate)
KPAM
Potassium salt of copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide
l
B
Bjerrum length
LiCMC
Lithium carboxymethylcellulose
M
Cation
M
Molecular mass
M
r
r
th moment of distribution function for molecular mass
M
n
Number-averaged molecular mass
M
w
Mass-averaged molecular mass
M
w
Relative molecular mass of water divided by 1,000
m
i
Molality of species
i
m
Unit of molality
m
¼
1 mol
=ð
kg water
Þ
m
j
Modified molality of species
j
(in model of Pessoa and Maurer)
MgPAM
Magnesium salt of copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide
MO
Membrane osmometry
MX
Salt (cations
M
and anions
X
)
n
Mole number
N
A
Avogadro's number
n
p;
diss
Number of moles of dissociated repeating units
Number of moles of counterions originating from
P
(in Manning's
theory)
n
ðpÞ
freeCI
Number of moles of counterions originating from
S
(in Manning's
theory)
n
ðsÞ
freeCI
n
T
Total mole number
NaCMC
Sodium carboxymethylcellulose
NaDS
Sodium dextran sulfate
NaPA
Poly(sodium acrylate)
NaPAM
Sodium salt of copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide
NaPAMA
poly(sodium acrylamido-
co
-trimethyl ammonium methyl methacry-
late)
NaPAMS
Sodium salt of HPAMS
NaPES
Poly(sodium ethylene sulfate)
NaPMAA
Poly(sodium methacrylate)
NaPP
Poly(sodium phosphate)
NaPSS
Poly(sodium styrene sulfonate)
NaPVAS
Poly(sodium vinyl sulfate)
NH
4
PA
Poly(ammonium acrylate)
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
P
Polyelectrolyte
P
Polydispersity (
M
w
/
M
n
)
