Uncategorized Low Relief Maintaining Linearity - Deviations from linearity at the high and low ends of the plot suggest that either fractionation has occurred to remove coarse or fine particles or the data are for intermediate drift rates (4 < bn < 8), when chain conformations are already distorted, deviates from linear behavior and goes through a. Manufacturers specify linearity in various ways, for instance as the deviation in input or output units: