Rubber is important in many engineering applications because of its unique properties. These properties must be measured with appropriate test methods developed specifically for this class of materials. This book provides, in one volume, comprehensive coverage of the procedures for measuring the whole range of the physical properties of rubber. This new edition presents an up-to-date introduction to the standard methods used for testing, quality control analysis, product evaluation, and production of design data for rubber and elastomers. Factors to be incorporated in the revision include the effects of newer instrumentation, the cutting back of laboratory staff, increased demands for formal accreditation and calibration, trend to product testing, overlap of thermoplastic elastomers with plastics and increased need for design data.
Author(s): Roger Brown
Edition: 4th
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 389
CONTENTS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 14
STANDARDS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATIONS......Page 34
PREPARATION OF TEST PIECES......Page 48
CONDITIONING AND TEST ATMOSPHERES......Page 58
TESTS ON UNVULCANIZED RUBBERS......Page 70
MASS, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONS......Page 102
SHORT TERM STRESS – STRAIN PROPERTIES......Page 116
DYNAMIC STRESS AND STRAIN PROPERTIES......Page 180
CREEP, RELAXATION AND SET......Page 208
FRICTION AND WEAR......Page 226
FATIGUE......Page 251
ELECTRICAL TESTS......Page 264
THERMAL PROPERTIES......Page 280
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE......Page 292
ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE......Page 321
PERMEABILITY......Page 353
ADHESION, CORROSION AND STAINING......Page 366
C......Page 385
G......Page 386
P......Page 387
S......Page 388
Z......Page 389
