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This study reanalyzes some elastomeric properties in elongation reported for poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) networks of high cross-link functionality which had been prepared by using multifunctional siloxane oligomers to end link vinyl-terminated PDMS chains. The extent of reaction of the vinyl end groupsP vi spanned the range of 0.40 to 0.95. These networks had elongation moduli that significantly exceeded the values predicted by the Flory-Erman theory, except at very low values ofP vi. Trends in their stress-strain isotherms, as characterized by the Mooney-Rivlin constants 2C 2 and the ratio 2C 2/C1, also appeared to be different from those predicted by theory. Neglected in such standard analyses, however, was the fact that the segments between cross-links along the junction precursor molecules can themselves act as short network chains, contributing to the modulus and giving a strongly bimodal distribution of both network chain lengths and cross-link functionalities. Of particular interest is the apparent change in functionality with extent of reaction and chain length distribution. The results thus obtained do suggest strong dependence of the observed values of the phantom modulus on the network chain-length distribution, particularly at very small values of the ratio of the length of the short chains to the long ones. Calculations based on recognition of these complications can be used to characterize more realistically the deformation of such networks. The results give much better agreement with experiment. Such behavior could be an important characteristic of elastomeric networks in general.
Also, a preliminary attempt was made to bridge theory with experiment based on Kloczkowski, Mark, and Erman's recent theory of fluctuations of junctions in regular bimodal networks. The agreement between theory and experiment thus obtained is rather satisfactory and lends further support to assumptions that take into account the possibly bimodal nature of these high-functionality networks.
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Sharaf, M.A., Mark, J.E. & Ahmed, E. Elastomeric properties of end-linked networks of high cross-link functionality. Accounting for possible changes in effective functionality with extent of reaction and chain-length distribution. Colloid Polym Sci 272, 504–515 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653214
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