Thermal Analysis of Silicone Rubber

Since silicone rubber possesses many excellent properties, such as thermotolerance, electric insulation, chemical resistance, oil resistance and waterproofness, it can be used for making a great variety of machine elements and electrical components, and it is also widely used in various fields, such as household necessities, food processing and medicine production. 

The characteristics of silicone rubber vary with both the kind and amount of additives used and the mixing and vulcanization conditions. Various thermal properties of silicone rubber can be inspected by means of thermal analysis. 

The thermotolerance of silicone rubber can be appraised with the help of TG-DTA. In the course of the decomposition of the sample, the 

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10 Struik, L. C. E., Physical Aging in Amorphous Polymers and Other Materials. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1978. 

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