An approximate treatment of the volume effect in coiling molecules is suggested. It is based upon the assumption that the probability of finding the end of a chain element at a given point at distance A from the preceding chain element is determined by the average density at this point. From the results obtained an estimate of the volume effect in certain polymers is derived.
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J. J. Hérmans (1950) studied this question.
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