The behavior of a polymer in dilute solution is examined in a Couette flow. It will be gradually stretched as the shear is increased above the smallest relaxation rate of a chain (∝ξ -3 , ξ being the equilibrium size). Predictions are made on the non-Newtonian shear viscosity, light scattering, and birefringence.
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