 Reduced osmotic-pressure intercept (source code)

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= Reduced osmotic-pressure intercept
{title2=$\lim_{c\to0}\Pi/c=RT/M_n$}

For <polymer> <mass> <concentration> $c$, the leading ideal chain <pressure> is $RTc/M_n$. Plotting $\Pi/c$ against $c$ and extrapolating removes the leading virial correction. The intercept has units of energy per <mass>; without the measurement <temperature> it determines $M_n/T$, not an absolute molar <mass>.

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