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Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) combined with concentration gradient development has been applied to the determination of the molecular weight distribution of polystyrene prepared by a radical polymerization. Developers obtained by mixing polar nonsolvents with moderately good solvents toward polystyrene were found to give complete separation of polymer according to molecular weight. It was proved that the molecular weight distribution deduced from the present TLC experiment was in good agreement with that from a gel-permeation chromatography experiment.
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Kamiyama, F., Matsuda, H. & Inagaki, H. Determination of Molecular Weight Distribution of Polymeric Substances by Thin-Layer Chromatography. Polym J 1, 518–523 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.1.518
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