The Proportion of Crystalline and Amorphous Components in Stretched Vulcanized Rubber

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Determinations of the tension-temperature relation of stretched vulcanized rubber can provide us with data about the proportion of crystalline and amorphous components. The amount of crystalline material appears to be 30–32 per cent at 600 per cent elongation and at 20° C. An expression is derived relating percentage of crystalline material and temperature. The results are in close agreement with those of x-ray measurements carried out by Goppel, but diverge largely from those obtained by Field. The cause of this difference is not yet clear. Stretched vulcanized rubber consists of a predominating amorphous phase, with crystallites embedded in it. On stretching orientation occurs, and a systematic addition of secondary valency forces is possible. This is the main cause of the existence of a certain tensile strength. Crystallization, though important as an indication on orientation, is more or less an incidental phenomenon. The distance function of the secondary forces may be of equal importance with the orientation.

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