The Science and Technology of Rubber

The 4e of The Science and Technology of Rubber provides a broad survey of elastomers with special emphasis on materials with a rubber-like elasticity. As in previous editions, the emphasis remains on a unified treatment of the material, exploring chemical aspects such as elastomer synthesis and curing, through recent theoretical developments and characterization of equilibrium and dynamic properties, to the final applications of rubber, including tire engineering and manufacturing. Updated material stresses the continuous relationship between ongoing research in synthesis, physics, structure and mechanics of rubber technology and industrial applications. Special attention is paid to recent advances in rubber-like elasticity theory and new processing techniques for elastomers. Exciting new developments in green tire manufacturing and tire recycling are covered.

Provides a complete survey of elastomers for engineers and researchers in a unified treatment: from chemical aspects like elastomer synthesis and curing to the final applications of rubber, including tire engineering and manufacturing Contains important updates to several chapters, including elastomer synthesis, characterization, viscoelastic behavior, rheology, reinforcement, tire engineering, and recycling Includes a new chapter on the burgeoning field of bioelastomers

1. Rubber Elasticity: Basic Concepts and Behavior

2. Polymerization: Elastomer Synthesis

3. Structure Characterization in the Science and Technology of Elastomers

4. The Molecular Basis of Rubberlike Elasticity

5. The Viscoelastic Behavior of Rubber

6. Rheological Behavior and Processing of Unvulcanized Rubber

7. Vulcanization

8. Reinforcement of Elastomers by Particulate Fillers

9. The Science of Rubber Compounding

10. Strength of Elastomers

11. The Chemical Modification of Polymers

12. Elastomer Blends

13. Thermoplastic Elastomers

14. Bioelastomers

15. Tire Engineering

16. Recycling of Rubbers

Index