Conclusions on This Method

The following conclnsions can be drawn from this method  

It is a given that this method is highly time-consuming as frankly said many times [1] in short, a few weeks were necessary to determine the cnre and thermal parameters of a rubber compound. 

This is a discontinuous method necessitating the preparation of a great number of samples, cured at various values of temperature and time so as to be able to obtain a law expressed in terms of temperature and time. The principle of the reference temperature or of the reference time was used many times by various authors, and considered as the basis of their method. A modem method of calculation was used at that time, in spite of the fact that an analytical solution exists for the profile of temperatme developed through the thickness of the sample when heated in the mold. 

The enthalpy of the cure reaction, which is slightly exothermic, is not taken into account. 

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