ISSN:
0098-1273
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Relaxation of stress and birefringence in simple extension has been studied for two samples of 1,2-polybutadiene with 95% and 88% vinyl content and weight-average molecular weight 1.9 and 2.9 × 105, respectively. The extension ratio, λ, ranged from 1.14 to 2.08, temperatures from 0 to 15°C, and times, reduced to 0°C, up to 3 × 105 sec. The stress-optical coefficient C was negative and positive, respectively, for the two samples, the difference being attributable to opposite signs and very different magnitudes of the contributions of the 1,2 and 1,4 moieties to the birefringence. For each polymer, C was independent of time but increased (algebraically) with temperature. For one polymer a very minor dependence of C on λ was observed. At any instant of time, the dependence of both stress and birefringence on λ could be described by equations of the Mooney-Rivlin form with coefficients C1,C2 and B1,B2, respectively. At short times the contributions of the C1 and C2 terms to the stress and of the B1 and B2 terms to the birefringence are roughly equal. With increasing time, C1 and B1 decrease gradually while C2 and B2 remain constant over several decades in time. Finally, C2 and B2 decrease rather rapidly. A tentative interpretation of these phenomena in terms of motions of entanglements is given.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1976.180140311
