%0 Journal Article %T Dispersity in Polymer Science (IUPAC Recommendations 2009) %A Translated by Rogo£¿i£¿ %A M. %J Kemija u Industriji %D 2012 %I Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers %X This recommendation defines just three terms, viz., (1) molar-mass dispersity, relative-molecu- lar-mass dispersity, or molecular-weight dispersity; (2) degree-of-polymerization dispersity; and (3) dispersity. ¡°Dispersity¡± is a new word, coined to replace the misleading, but widely used term ¡°polydispersity index¡± for Mw / Mn and Xw/ Xn. The document, although brief, also has a broader significance in that it seeks to put the terminology describing dispersions of distributions of properties of polymeric (and non-polymeric) materials on an unambiguous and justifiable footing. %K dispersity %K polymer science %K relative-molecular-mass dispersity %K molecular-weight dispersity %U http://pierre.fkit.hr/hdki/kui/vol61/broj5-6/305.pdf