1/4 Polymers 02 Using Chemometrics and Raman Spectra for Quantitative Predictions of Physical and Chemical Properties of Polymers Introduction Multivariate or Chemometrics techniques are normally applied to spectra of solutions, or mixtures of materials, in an effort to develop methods to “predict” concentrations of the various chemical species. In fact, the same mathematical techniques can be applied to elucidate physical properties as well. Actually, these two applications of Chemometrics are useful in the polymer field. Indeed, as far as polymeric fibres are concerned, slight modifications of Raman features are directly related to differences in the molecular orientation and the degree of crystallinity of the fibres. To utilize these subtle spectral ch

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