{"term":{"id":"05955","title":"statistical copolymer","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - statistical copolymer","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.S05955","code":"S05955","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"A copolymer consisting of macromolecules in which the sequential distribution of the monomeric units obeys known statistical laws.","notes":{"1":"An example of a statistical copolymer is one consisting of macromolecules in which the sequential distribution of monomeric units follows Markovian statistics."},"links":[{"term":"copolymer","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/C01335"},{"term":"macromolecules","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/M03667"},{"term":"monomeric units","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/M04018"}],"sources":["PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. 'Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2301 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac199668122287)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/S05955\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/S05955\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/S05955\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'statistical copolymer' 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.S05955","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-06-04T00:04:03+00:00"}}