Table 1.

Summary of scission experiments

Data set	Scission study	Geometry	d, mm	Re	Ref.
1	PS/decalin	CS	0.30	2.5 × 101 to 1.6 × 103	10, L
2	PS/toluene	CS	0.30	1.32 × 103 to 1.32 × 104	10, L
3	PS/decalin	CE	0.50	4.53 × 103 to 6.4 × 104	12, L
4	PS/viscosity effect	CE	0.50	2.1 × 102 to 2.1 × 105	12, L
5	PS/temperature effect	CE	0.50	1.1 × 104 to 1.3 × 105	12, L
6	PS/geometry effect	CE	0.35–1.0	2.3 × 102 to 2.4 × 105	12, L
7	PS/various solvents	RT	72.5, 9	1.36 × 106 to 2.58 × 106	34, T
8	PEO/water	CS	0.50	1.55 × 102 to 3.2 × 103	13, T
9	PEO/50% glycerol	CS	0.50	8.0 × 101 to 5 × 102	13, T
10	PEO/water	CE	0.50	2.93 × 103 to 3.07 × 103	13, T
11	PEO/water	CE	10.9	4.0 × 104 to 2.81 × 105	33, T
12	PEO/water	RT	60, 10	7.06 × 104 to 2.19 × 105	*, T
13	PAM/water	CE	10.9	4.37 × 104 to 1.93 × 105	33, T
14	PAM/water	RT	60, 10	8.47 × 104 to 2.3 × 105	*, T
15	DNA/buffer	OJ	0.60	2.11 × 103	16, L
16	DNA/buffer	CE	0.063	2.30 × 103 to 7.98 × 103	14, L
17	DNA/buffer	CE	0.250	2.9 × 102 to 5.85 × 102	17, L
18	DNA/buffer	CE	0.200	1.75 × 103	18, L
19	DNA/buffer	CE	0.383	3.7 × 102 to −6.2 × 103	15, L
20	DNA/buffer	RT	72.5	1.2 × 106	30, T

PS, polystyrene; PEO, poly(ethylene oxide); PAM, polyacrylamide; CS, cross-slot; CE, contraction–expansion; RT, rotational turbulent; OJ, opposed jets. L and T in the Ref. column denote studies that were reported to have been conducted in laminar and turbulent flows, respectively;

* denotes current study.