Abstract
Abstract Strain-induced crystallization of natural rubber (NR) and synthetic isoprene rubber (IR) with various crosslinking densities was investigated by wide angle X-ray diffraction using a synchrotron radiation and simultaneous tensile measurements. The elongation ratio at the onset of crystallization (αc) was almost independent of crosslinking density. IR samples showed larger αc values than NR because of the lower stereoregularity of IR. These results suggest that the onset of crystallization is determined by increased melting temperature by strain due to an entropic reason. The amount of oriented amorphous component changed approximately linearly with strain, and was a little larger in IR than in NR when compared at the same elongation ratio. At small strain (and stress), crystallinity in IR was lower than in NR. These results indicate that, at small strain region, the more stress is assigned to oriented amorphous in IR than in NR.
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