freely rotating chain

in polymers
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.F02518
A hypothetical @L03546@ molecule, free from short-range and long-range interactions, consisting of infinitely thin rectilinear segments (bonds) of fixed length, jointed at fixed bond angles; the torsion angles of the bonds can assume all values with equal @P04855@.
Source:
Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 50 [Terms] [Book]
Citation: 'freely rotating chain' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.F02518 RIS BibTex EndNote
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