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A '''theta solvent''' is the name for a condition (sometimes known as the [[Paul J. Flory |Flory]] condition) rather than an actual solvent. At the ''theta point'', in the words of Paul Flory: "''excluded volume interactions are neutralized''" | A '''theta solvent''' is the name for a condition (sometimes known as the [[Paul J. Flory |Flory]] condition) rather than an actual solvent. At the ''theta point'', in the words of Paul Flory: "''excluded volume interactions are neutralized''." | ||
An | An excluded volume of zero connotes a [[second virial coefficient]] of zero. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1974/flory-lecture.html Paul J. Flory Nobel Lecture] | |||
[[category: polymers]] | [[category: polymers]] |