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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 110, Issue 5, Pages 2907-2913Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.28903
Keywords
degradation; mechanical properties; rubber; shear
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- National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C. [89-2218-EO06-130]
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Rubbers deteriorate when they are exposed to ultraviolet irradiation for long periods of time. By conducting a series of hardness measurements and simple tension tests, the static properties of neoprene rubbers before and after exposure to various durations of ultraviolet irradiation were first measured. It is found that the Shore A hardness and tensile modulus of neoprene rubbers after exposure to ultraviolet irradiation are increased but their elongation at break, tensile strength, and energy to break are significantly decreased. On the basis of a complex spring model of a vibration system, the dynamic shear properties of neoprene rubbers before and after exposure to different durations of ultraviolet irradiation were then determined from the experimental results of dynamic transmissibility tests. It is also found that the storage modulus, loss modulus, and loss factor of neoprene rubbers are drastically affected by the duration of ultraviolet irradiation they experienced. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 110: 2907-2913, 2008
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