The Structure of Rubber Networks with Multifunctional Junctions
Dale S. Pearson, William W. Graessley · Rubber Chemistry and Technology · 1979
Abstract A number of statistical relationships have been derived for calculating the structure of rubber networks with multifunctional junctions. Some of these quantities appear as parameters in the molecular theory of elastic energy in phantom networks. Others relate to Langley's trapping factor for the entanglement contribution to the modulus, to the maximum extensibility, and to the viscoelastic properties of networks.