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Discrepancies between Micellar Molecular Weights by Number-Average and Weight-Average Methods

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IN recent years, light-scattering techniques have been widely used for the determination of micellar molecular weights. On the other hand, a few workers1–3 have chosen to make such determinations through measurement of colligative properties, in particular, by measurement of the lowering of the vapour pressure.

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BECHER, P. Discrepancies between Micellar Molecular Weights by Number-Average and Weight-Average Methods. Nature 206, 611–613 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206611b0

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