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This paper gives experimental evidence for two different ordered conformations in solution for the xanthan molecules. Their hydrodynamic characteristics are quite different and their existence is controlled by experimental conditions.
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Laboratoire Propre du C.N.R.S., associé à l'Université Scientifique et Médicale de Grenoble, France
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Milas, M., Rinaudo, M. On the existence of two different secondary structures for the xanthan in aqueous solutions. Polymer Bulletin 12, 507–514 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00958656
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