Term: chain-orientational disorder
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00957

Definition:
structural disorder resulting from the statistical coexistence within the crystals of identical chains with opposite orientations. A typical example is provided by the up-down statistical coexistence of anticlined chains in the same crystal structure.

Related Terms:
1) structural disorder (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S06060).

Source: Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 80 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)

Citation: 'chain-orientational disorder' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00957

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