Abstract
AbstractThe elastic behavior of different types of rubbery polymers (natural rubber, polybutadiene, silicone, and polyisoprene) networks at various degrees of vulcanization and swelling was examined in extension and compression. The data are represented by the Mooney‐Rivlin equation. In compression, although C2 is zero, C1 decreases strongly with increasing swelling to a limiting value which, in some cases, may be correlated with the value of C1 found in extension and hence related to the theoretical modulus for highly swollen networks. A possible explanation is presented in terms of supramolecular order in the amorphous materials.
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