Rubber crosslinked

Sulfur chemistry [29] has also been used to crosslink rubber/resin PSAs, although the use of elemental sulfur itself yields tapes that can stain substrates. Other patents exemplify the use of typical rubber vulcanizing chemistry such as Tetrone A , dipentamethylenethiuramtetrasulfide, and Tuads , tetramethylthiu-ram disulfide [30], or zinc butyl xanthate [31] for this purpose. Early art [32] also claimed electron beam curing of both natural rubber and other adhesives that were solvent coated on tape backings. Later references to electron beam curing... 

In general, as the ion content is raised, the modulus or stiffness of the ionomer is increased, as shown by the data in Fig. 2. While the increase is much greater in the elevated temperature range, where the polymer is acting more like a crosslinked rubber, there is still a significant increase in the glassy modulus below Tg. For example, for the PMMA-based ionomer of Fig. 2, the modulus at 30°C is almost 20% above that of the homopolymer for an ionomer having an ion content of 12.4 mol%. For the... 

A very special type of ABA block copolymer where A is a thermoplastic (e.g., styrene) and B an elastomer (e.g., butadiene) can have properties at ambient temperatures, such as a crosslinked rubber. Domain formations (which serves as a physical crosslinking and reinforcement sites) impart valuable features to block copolymers. They are thermoplastic, can be eaisly molded, and are soluble in common solvents. A domain structure can be shown as in Fig. 2. 

Vilgis TA (1992) Polymer Networks - Crosslinking, Rubbers, Microgels Ch. 33... 

Polybutadiene based compounds can be cured by sulphur, sulphur donor systems and peroxides. Less sulphur and a higher level of accelerators are required when compared to NR. The cure of polybutadiene by peroxides is highly efficient in that a large number of crosslinks are produced per free radical, the resultant highly crosslinked rubber exhibiting high resilience this factor is utilised in the manufacture of superballs . 

Figure 4.131(a) displays schematic structures of thermoplastics and crosslinked rubbers, while Figure 4.131(b) displays two possible schematic structures of thermoplastic elastomers. 

Figure 4.131. (a) Schematic structures of thermoplastics and crosslinked rubbers (b) Schematic structure ofTPEs... 

TPE/PVCs are positioned between soft PVC and general-purpose crosslinked rubbers. 

A crosslinked rubber particle can be considered as a viscous hydrocarbon phase. In principle, phase transfer catalysis should apply to the chemistry of inorganic ions within such particles,... 

Nitrogen and oxygen can be Incorporated Into the backbone such that they are surrounded by different atom types. For example, organic peroxides contain two covalently bonded oxygen atoms that form the peroxide linkage. These molecules are Inherently unstable. Two covalently bonded nitrogen atoms are also similarly unstable. These unstable structures decompose to form smaller unstable molecules that are used to start the polymerization for some types of monomers. Thus, to be incorporated implies that the molecules are found only singularly in the backbone chain. Sulfur and silicon are considered to be chain formers. They can be found in the backbone in multiple units connected covalently to molecules of the same type or with carbon. Complete molecules with a silicon backbone are possible, and molecules with multiple sulfur links incorporated into the system are common, particularly in sulfur-crosslinked rubber. 

The properties of a rubber are determined essentially by the number of crosslinks (degree of crosslinking) assumed Tg is sufficiently low, weakly crosslinked rubbers are highly elastic and have a low elastic modulus. Upon increasing the crosslinking density, the elasticity decreases and the elastic modulus rises. Highly crosslinked rubbers lose their elasticity almost completely (hard rubbers, ebonite). 

In a search for evidence of restricted diffusion, Woessner 57) used standard SGSE techniques to measure diffusion of (inter alia) benzene in a filled and crosslinked rubber he interpreted his data as demonstrating the existence of restrictions. In... 

However, PIB is mostly manufactured as a block copolymer. Unsaturations in the backbone are common. Thermoplastic elastomers are composed of glassy outer blocks and rubbery inner blocks. Because of the phase separation of the glassy blocks into discrete domains, these materials behave like crosslinked rubbers at low temperatures. However, at elevated temperatures they can be processed in the same way as thermoplastics (4). 

Langley, N.R., Ferry, J.D. Dynamic mechanical properties of crosslinked rubbers. VI. Poly(dimethylsiloxane) networks. Macromolecules 1, 353-358 (1968). 

The qualitative, overall effect of small N is a stress in the deformed network which is larger than the corresponding Gaussian stress. This effect is, however, very small in normally crosslinked rubbers, whereas these rubbers exhibit large deviations from Gaussian behaviour. The tentative conclusion must therefore be that the deviations from Gaussian behaviour at moderate extensions cannot be caused by short chains only. 

In homogeneous networks such as that of crosslinked rubber, the equilibrium degree of swelling qm depends on the molecular weight of the network chain Mc, satisfying the following relation for a given rubber network-solvent system [56],... 

The new absorptions in the spectra of crosslinked rubber are assigned on the basis of 13C solution NMR chemical shifts for a variety of model compounds, such as pentenes and mono-, di- and tri-sulfidic compounds, by using the 13C chemical shift substituent effect. From the calculated values for particular structural units, the experimental spectra of a sulfur vulcanized natural rubber 194,195,106), natural rubber cured by accelerated sulfur vulcanization 197 y-irradiation crosslinked natural rubber198 and peroxide crosslinked natural rubber and cis-polybutadiene 193 1991 are assigned. 

Mercaptosilane has long been recommended for use in crosslinkable rubber compositions [10], i.e. NBR, SBR, etc., both as an adhesion promoter to aid bonding between rubber adherends (or rubber to metal) and to enhance bonding... 

Block copolymers of the A—B—A type where A is a thermoplast and B an elastomer can have properties at ambient temperatures which would normally be expected from a crosslinked rubber. The cause of this phenomenon are the physical crosslinks produced by the thermoplastic blocks which may be either crystalline or amorphous (glassy). Above the melting temperature of the hard phase such materials flow and can be processed by the usual thermoplastic processing techniques. 

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