The Long Spacings of Rubber and Cellulose
Abstract 1. A new method for the examination of highly polymerized compounds is proposed. This consists in the direct measurement from diffraction interferences of colloidal micelle dimensions. 2. The construction of an instrument consisting of an x-ray tube with magnesium target and vacuum camera without intervening window or air space is described. 3. The major spacing of unstretched vulcanized rubber is found to be 99.3 A˚. U. 4. The number of isoprene molecules per unit cell is estimated to be of the order of eight thousand. 5. Three measurements of the long spacings of cellulose are recorded.