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Abstract Thermoplastic elastomers are materials that combine the properties of thermoplasticity and rubber-like behavior. That is, they are processed on conventional plastics equipment, such as injection molders, blow molders, sheet and profile extruders, and so forth, but develop their final rubber-like properties immediately on cooling. Conventional rubbers, on the other hand, must be vulcanized (see Chapter 2: Compounding and Vulcanization) to give useful properties. This is a slow, irreversible process and takes place on heating. In thermoplastic elastomers, however, the transition from a processible melt to a solid rubber-like object is rapid, reversible, and takes place on cooling. Some thermoplastic elastomers can be dissolved in common solvents and regain their properties when the solvent is evaporated. These transitions are shown in Fig. 16.1.
Abstract Thermoplastic elastomers are materials that combine the properties of thermoplasticity and rubber-like behavior. That is, they are processed on conventional plastics equipment, such as injection molders, blow molders, sheet and profile extruders, and so forth, but develop their final rubber-like properties immediately on cooling. Conventional rubbers, on the other hand, must be vulcanized (see Chapter 2: Compounding and Vulcanization) to give useful properties. This is a slow, irreversible process and takes place on heating. In thermoplastic elastomers, however, the transition from a processible melt to a solid rubber-like object is rapid, reversible, and takes place on cooling. Some thermoplastic elastomers can be dissolved in common solvents and regain their properties when the solvent is evaporated. These transitions are shown in Fig. 16.1.
Thermoplastic Elastomers
Holden, Geoffrey (author)
Rubber Technology ; 465-481
Third Edition
1999-01-01
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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