Poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide)
= Poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide)
= PPTA
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A synthetic aromatic polyamide with a relatively stiff backbone. Dilute-solution light scattering and viscometry provide evidence for rodlike conformations under the conditions investigated.<Properties of some rodlike polymers in solution by C.-P. Wong and others>[abstract, molecular characterization in solution]{ref}