ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Networks were prepared from a sample of 1,4-polybutacliene having an extremely high cis content (98.5 mol percent) and from other samples having relatively high trans contents (72 to 80 mol percent). The cross-linking techniques employed were gamma irradiation, ultraviolet irradiation, and peroxide thermolysis. The resulting elastomers were studied in elongation in the unswollen state at several temperatures, to their rupture points, and in swelling equilibrium in a good solvent. Values of the elasticity constant 2C1 obtained from the stress-strain isotherms at low and moderate elongations gave values of the molecular weight M, between cross-links in at least approximate agreement with those obtained from the swelling equilibrium data. The other elasticity constant 2C2 generally had relatively large values, suggesting inhomogeneous cross-linking, but approached zero for small Mc as expected from reduced configurational interpenetration. At high elongations, the reduced stress for the high-cis polymer showed marked upturns due to strain-induced crystallization.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760260408
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