Title: chain-orientational disorder
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - chain-orientational disorder
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C00957
Status: current

Definition
Structural disorder resulting from the statistical coexistence within the crystals of identical chains with opposite orientations. A typical example is provided by the up-down statistical coexistence of anticlined chains in the same crystal structure.

Related Term
- Structural disorder: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S06060

Source
- Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 80 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)

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Citation: Citation: 'chain-orientational disorder' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.C00957
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