Volume 29, Issue 7 pp. 2331-2345
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A relaxation model for property changes during the cure reaction of filled and unfilled silicone elastomers

H. S.-Y. Hsich

H. S.-Y. Hsich

Lord Corporation, Mechanical Products Group, Material Process/Research and Development, Erie, Pennsylvania 16512

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L. C. Yanyo

L. C. Yanyo

Lord Corporation, Mechanical Products Group, Material Process/Research and Development, Erie, Pennsylvania 16512

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R. J. Ambrose

R. J. Ambrose

Lord Corporation, Mechanical Products Group, Material Process/Research and Development, Erie, Pennsylvania 16512

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First published: July 1984
Citations: 13

Abstract

A generalized kinetic model of cure, which is described by a distribution relaxation function, is used to predict physical and mechanical properties of silicone elastomers during isothermal and nonisothermal cure reactions. The model can also predict the effect of filler and cure behavior of filled elastomers. The structural relaxation times of the molecular state of uncured and cured elastomers is also discussed.

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