Thermoelastic Properties of Noncrystallizing Rubber
Abstract 1. A method of measuring and obtaining the equilibrium isotherms of strain for vulcanized butadiene-styrene rubber is described. 2. It is shown that the component of the elastic force of the rubber which depends on the internal energy has a value of several per cent. 3. Calculation shows that the change in the volume of uncrystallizable rubber, at 300 per cent strain, has a value less than 0.1 per cent. 4. A comparison of the results obtained with the thermodynamic equations shows that the deformation of the rubber investigated can be considered strictly high elastic and entropic. 5. A comparison of the experimental data with the theory of high elastic deformation confirms the accuracy of the conclusions from the theory.