Mn, Mw, Mz

 

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Mn, Mw and Mz are important numbers for a distribution. Together with the smallest and largest molar mass they can be used to define a distribution

 

 

They are defined as:

Name

Equation

Description

 

 

Mn

 

 

 

Number average molar mass

 

 

 

Mw

 

 

Weight average molar mass

 

 

Mz

 

z-average molar mass

Gives information about the skewness of the distribution