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Flory–Schulz distribution

Hi there! Today, we're going to talk about something called flory-schulz distribution.

Imagine you have a bunch of beads of different colors and sizes. You want to know how many beads of each size there are so you can sort them.

Now, imagine you take a handful of beads and you start looking at them one by one. You notice that some beads are easier to pick out than others. The bigger beads are easier to pick out because they take up more space in your hand. The smaller beads are harder to pick out because they take up less space.

That's kind of like what flory-schulz distribution is! It's a way of explaining how different-sized things (like our beads) are distributed in a mixture (like our handful of beads).

Basically, flory-schulz distribution says that the more there are of one size of bead, the harder it is for another size to fit in. This is because the bigger beads take up more space and push the smaller beads away.

So, if there are a lot of big beads in our handful, there will be fewer small beads because they won't be able to fit in as easily. And if there are a lot of small beads, there will be fewer big beads because they won't be able to fit in as easily.

This can help us understand things like how molecules in a solution interact with each other and how they might form different structures.

So, that's flory-schulz distribution! A way of explaining how different-sized things are distributed in a mixture based on how much space they take up.