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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006693703321

Titolo

Science and technology of rubber / / edited by James E. Mark, Burak Erman, Frederick R. Eirich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-62864-2

9786610628643

0-08-045601-4

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (762 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarkJames E. <1934->

ErmanBurak

Disciplina

678/.2

Soggetti

Rubber

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Frontmatter; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1. Rubber Elasticity: Basic Concepts and Behavior; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ELASTICITY OF A SINGLE MOLECULE; III. ELASTICITY OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK OF POLYMER MOLECULES; IV. COMPARISON WITH EXPERIMENT; V. CONTINUUM THEORY OF RUBBER ELASTICITY; VI. SECOND-ORDER STRESSES; VII. ELASTIC BEHAVIOR UNDER SMALL DEFORMATIONS; VIII. SOME UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN RUBBER ELASTICITY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

2. Polymerization: Elastomer SynthesisI. INTRODUCTION; II. CLASSIFICATION OF POLYMERIZATION REACTIONS AND KINETIC CONSIDERATIONS; III. Polyaddition/Polycondensation; IV. CHAIN POLYMERIZATION BY FREE RADICAL MECHANISM; V. EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; VI. COPOLYMERIZATION; VII. Chain Polymerization by Cationic Mechanism; VIII. CHAIN POLYMERIZATION BY ANIONIC MECHANISM; IX. STEREOSPECIFIC CHAIN POLYMERIZATION AND COPOLYMERIZATION BY COORDINATION CATALYSTS; X. GRAFT AND BLOCK COPOLYMERIZATION; REFERENCES; 3. Structure Characterization in the Science and Technology of Elastomers; I. INTRODUCTION

II. CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONIII. SEQUENCE DISTRIBUTION OF REPEAT



UNITS; IV. CHAIN ARCHITECTURE; V. GLASS TRANSITION AND SECONDARY RELAXATION PROCESSES; VI. MORPHOLOGY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 4. The Molecular Basis of Rubberlike Elasticity; I. INTRODUCTION; II. STRUCTURE OF A TYPICAL NETWORK; III. ELEMENTARY MOLECULAR THEORIES; IV. MORE ADVANCED MOLECULAR THEORIES; V. PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORIES AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; VI. SWELLING OF NETWORKS AND RESPONSIVE GELS; VII. ENTHALPIC AND ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO RUBBER ELASTICITY: FORCE-TEMPERATURE RELATIONS

VIII. DIRECT DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR DIMENSIONSIX. SINGLE-MOLECULE ELASTICITY; REFERENCES; 5. The Viscoelastic Behavior of Rubber; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DEFINITIONS OF MEASURED QUANTITIES, J(t), G(t), AND G*(ω), AND SPECTRA L(log λ) AND H(log τ); III. THE GLASS TEMPERATURE; IV. VOLUME CHANGES DURING CURING; V. VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR ABOVE Tg; VI. VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF OTHER MODEL ELASTOMERS; VII. THE CALCULATION OF THE TEAR ENERGY OF ELASTOMERS FROM THEIR VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR; VIII. THEORETICAL INTERPRETATION OF VISCOELASTIC MECHANISMS AND ANOMALIES; IX. APPENDIX: NOMENCLATURE

REFERENCES6. Rheological Behavior and Processing of Unvulcanized Rubber; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BASIC CONCEPTS OF MECHANICS; III. RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; IV. BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; V. MECHANOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; VI. RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; VII. PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY; VIII. ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF PROCESSING; REFERENCES; 7. Vulcanization; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DEFINITION OF VULCANIZATION; III. EFFECTS OF VULCANIZATION ON VULCANIZATE PROPERTIES; IV. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VULCANIZATION PROCESS; V. VULCANIZATION BY SULFUR WITHOUT ACCELERATOR; VI. ACCELERATED-SULFUR VULCANIZATION

VII. VULCANIZATION BY PHENOLIC CURATIVES, BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVES, OR BISMALEIMIDES

Sommario/riassunto

The 3rd edition of The Science and Technology of Rubber provides a broad survey of elastomers with special emphasis on materials with a rubber-like elasticity.  As in the 2nd edition, the emphasis remains on a unified treatment of the material; exploring topics from the chemical aspects such as elastomer synthesis and curing, through recent theoretical developments and characterization of equilibrium and dynamic properties, to the final applications of rubber, including tire engineering and manufacturing.  Many advances have been made in polymer and elastomers research over the past te