Abstract
The word “rubber” immediately brings to mind materials that are highly flexible and will snap back to their original shape after being stretched. In this chapter, a variety of materials are discussed that possess these odd characteristics. There will also be a discussion on the mechanism of this “elastic retractive force.” Originally, rubber meant the gum collected from a tree growing in Brazil. The term “rubber” was coined for this material by the English chemist Joseph Priestley, who noted that it was effective for removing pencil marks from paper. Today, in addition to Priestley’s natural product, many synthetic materials are made that possess these characteristics and many other properties. The common features of these materials are that they are made up of long-chain molecules that are amorphous (not crystalline), and the chains are above their glass transition temperature at room temperature.
D.F. Graves retired from Firestone Polymers LLC, Akron, OH, USA
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Rackaitis, M., Graves, D.F. (2017). Rubber. In: Kent, J., Bommaraju, T., Barnicki, S. (eds) Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52287-6_26
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