Ov. Okatova et al., Hydrodynamic properties and conformational characteristics of low-substituted carboxymethyl cellulose in solution, POLYM SCI A, 42(7), 2000, pp. 736-742
High-speed sedimentation, diffusion, and viscometry were employed to study
the polymer-homologous series of nonfractionated samples and the fractions
of carboxymethyl cellulose with the average degree of substitution 0.6 in s
olutions in a 10-fold diluted aqueous cadoxene. Problems pertinent to compl
ex formation and polyelectrolyte effects were: discussed. The extent of coi
ling and the draining of macromolecules were characterized within the frame
work of the wormlike-chain model using the Kuhn segment (A = 1.5 +/- 1 nm)
and the chain hydrodynamic diameter d (0.7 +/- 0.2 nm). The relationship be
tween these parameters and the degree of cellulose carboxymethylation was e
stablished.