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p
Pressure
p
w
Vapor pressure of water
PAAm Poly(allylamino hydrochloride)
PDADMAC Poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride)
PEI
Poly(ethyleneimine)
PMETAC
Poly(2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride)
PTMAC
Poly(trimethyl ammonium methyl methacrylate)
PVA
Poly(vinyl alcohol)
PVAm
Poly(vinyl amine)
PVBTMAC
Poly(vinyl benzene trimethyl ammonium chloride)
q
Number of charges
q
gl
Surface parameter of the globular form of the polyelectrolyte
q
i
Surface parameter of species
i
(in model of Lammertz et al.)
q
max
Maximum number of charges
q
st
Surface parameter of the stretched polyelectrolyte
R
Universal gas constant
R
Radius of a cylindrical cell around a polyion
r
Exponent
r
Distance
r
i
Volume parameter of species
i
(in model of Lammertz et al.)
T
Temperature
UV/VIS
Ultraviolet/visible light
V
Volume
V
p
Volume in Manning's theory
VO
Vapor pressure osmometry
x
i
Mole fraction of species
i
X
Anion or counterion
X
j
Modified mole fraction of component
j
X
-DP
Salt (with counterion
X
) of dextran phosphate
X
-DS
Salt (with counterion
X
) of dextran sulfate
z
CI
Absolute valency of counterion
z
j
Absolute valency of ion
j
z
j
Modified absolute valency of ions
j
(in model of Pessoa and Maurer)
z
M
Absolute valency of cation
M
z
X
Absolute valency of anion
X
z
p
Absolute valency of a repeating unit of polyelectrolyte
P
Greek Symbols
a
Constant (
a ¼
2) in Pitzer's model
a
Total degree of dissociation of
the repeating units (in model of
Lammertz et al.)
