ISSN:
0098-1273
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The thermodynamic treatment of crystallization phenomena in a prestretched rubber was undertaken. Emphasis was put on defining conditions for the thermodynamic stability of the extendedor folded-chain crystal structure. The extended-chain structure is found to be stable thermodynamically at temperatures higher than the isotropic melting point of un-cross-linked polymer Tm0 in the stretched state, while the folded chain one is not. Below Tm0, the stretch ratio of the network structure determines which crystal structure is more stable. The relation among the critical stretch ratio for the extended/folded crystalline structure transition, temperature, and molecular weight is also discussed. The crystallinity predicted by this work becomes zero at a temperature of Tmi, the isotropic melting point of a cross-linked system. The value of Tmi decreases with increasing cross-link density, and this is consistent with the experimental data reported in the literature.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1978.180160911
