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Summary

We have found the following results

D	$\textstyle \sim$	$\displaystyle \frac{1}{N}$	(6.73)
$\displaystyle \tau$	$\textstyle \sim$	N²	(6.74)
$\displaystyle \eta$	$\textstyle \sim$	$\displaystyle N\quad \mbox{(melt)}$	(6.75)
$\displaystyle \left[ \eta \right]$	$\textstyle \sim$	$\displaystyle N^{2}\quad \mbox{(dilute)}$	(6.76)

All of these are at variance with experimental results. In the next chapter we shall treat a different model, the model of Zimm, which is a generalization of the Rouse chain, and gives results which are in good agreement with experiments. The Rouse chain will be used again in Chapter 8.

W.J. Briels