Polymer Networks

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Chemical and Physical Aspects of the Three Stages in Forming Polymer Networks

   • M. Gordon, T. C. Ward, R. S. Whitney

   Pages 1-21

3. On the Thermostatic Behavior of Elastomers

   • Paul J. Blatz

   Pages 23-45

4. Thermoelasticity of Crosslinked Rubber Networks

   • M. Shen, T. Y. Chen, E. H. Cirlin, H. M. Gebhard

   Pages 47-56

5. The Micromechanics of Elastomer Networks

   • S. S. Sternstein, G. M. Lederle

   Pages 57-82

6. The Statistical Mechanics of Rubbers

   • S. F. Edwards

   Pages 83-110

7. The Rupture Work of Crosslinked Polymers

   • J. J. Bikerman

   Pages 111-119

8. Intermolecular Forces in Polymers and Liquids

   • Robert E. Cuthrell

   Pages 121-143

9. Glass Points of Polymer Networks

   • A. J. Chompff

   Pages 145-192

10. The Interaction between Polymeric Structure, Deformation and Fracture

    • M. L. Williams, F. N. Kelley

    Pages 193-218

11. Properties of a Highly Crosslinked Elastomer

    • R. F. Landel

    Pages 219-243

12. Inhomogeneities Induced by Crosslinking in the Course of Crosslinking Copolymerization

    • K. Dusek

    Pages 245-260

13. The Swelling of Nonuniformly Crosslinked Polymers in Solvents

    • Z. Rigbi

    Pages 261-272

14. Birefringence Analysis of Inhomogeneous Swelling in Filled Elastomers

    • T. Kotani, S. S. Sternstein

    Pages 273-291

15. Depolarized Light Scattering from Swollen-Filled Rubber

    • C. Picot, M. Fukuda, C. Chou, R. S. Stein

    Pages 293-305

16. Light Scattering as a Tool in the Characterization of Polymer Materials

    • J. J. van Aartsen

    Pages 307-322

17. Light Scattering by Polymer Networks

    • W. Prins

    Pages 323-339

18. The Stress-Strain Behavior of Mechanically Degradable Polymers

    • R. J. Farris

    Pages 341-394

19. A Constitutive Representation of Inhomogeneous Polymeric Systems

    • C. C. Hsiao, W. Chen

    Pages 395-407

20. Molecular Bond Rupture Associated with Inelastic Deformation of Elastomers

    • R. Brown, K. L. DeVries, M. L. Williams

    Pages 409-434

For several decades, polymer science has sought to rationalize the mechanical and thermodynamic properties of polymer networks largely within the framework of statistical thermodynamics. Much of this effort has been directed toward the rubbery rather than the glassy state. It is generally assumed that networks possess an av­ erage composition to which average properties may be assigned; from such a continuum view, a powerful analysis of such properties as modulus, swelling, birefringence and thermoelasticity has emerged. In the years following the rise of polymer characterization (the late 40's and early 50's), many scientists began to study ap­ parent relations between the properties of linear polymer molecules and the networks obtainable therefrom. This search was also stimu­ lated by the wide range of applications of polymer networks in com­ mercial elastomers, thermosets and coatings. Frequently, these data were confidently matched with curves obtained from statisti­ cally describable models of networks of ghost chains, uniformly distributed in space. More recently, it has become apparent that polymer chains in networks are not as ideal as assumed in the formulation of statis­ tical models, and there has been a shift in emphasis towards the less than ideal, perturbed and possibly inhomogeneous networks which are more frequently encountered in practice. The continuum approach, however, had to be developed before inhomogeneous systems could be described; the present volume, therefore, contains both views.

• Copolymer
• birefringence
• dynamics
• elasticity
• elastomer
• mechanical property
• molecule
• polymer
• polymer science
• polymerization
• rubber
• structure
• thermodynamics
• thermoset

• Polymer Science Department, Scientific Research Staff, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, USA

  A. J. Chompff, S. Newman

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