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| Le Gac, Pierre-yves; Albouy, Pierre-antoine; Petermann, Denis. |
| Polychloroprene rubber is often quoted as an example of strain-crystallizing elastomer; however, this fundamental property, known to impart good mechanical properties and fatigue resistance, has received much less attention in this class of compounds than natural rubber. The present paper relates systematic investigations combining mechanical and X-ray diffraction measurements. Crystallization kinetics are first investigated based on tensile impact tests. An approximately logarithmic time-dependence is found for the crystalline content and the time-constants are estimated at various temperatures. The impact of strain-induced crystallization on stress-strain curves under mechanical cycling conditions is further assessed. It is demonstrated that one main... |
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Palavras-chave: Polychloroprene; Strain-induced crystallization; X-ray. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00433/54467/55842.pdf |
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| Le Gac, Pierre Yves; Albouy, Pierre-antoine; Sotta, Paul. |
| It is shown in the present paper how the addition of a moderate amount of carbon black filler to a polychloroprene gum modifies the local strain state and alters the ability of the polymer to strain-crystallize. The study combines mechanical and X-ray diffraction performed during classical mechanical cycling and tensile impact tests. It highlights the fact that the strain modification induced by the filler addition is highly inhomogeneous: the crystallization behavior and the local draw ratio state are affected differently. The partial relaxation of the amorphous fraction by the strain-induced crystallization peviously evidenced in the pure gum is still present and should play a protective role. The effect of temperature on the crystallization correlates... |
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Palavras-chave: Polychloroprene; Strain-induced crystallization; X-ray. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00488/60003/63239.pdf |
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| Ulu, K. Narynbek; Huneau, B.; Le Gac, Pierre-yves; Verron, E.. |
| Fatigue properties of filled natural rubber in seawater environment are investigated by uniaxial fatigue and crack propagation experiments, and the damage is analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The behavior under relaxing and non-relaxing loading conditions is studied and the results are compared to those obtained in air environment. For relaxing loading conditions, fatigue behavior is the same in both environments. Under non-relaxing conditions at large strain levels, for which the influence of strain-induced crystallization is important, fatigue life is longer in seawater. Such behavior could be explained by increased internal temperatures of specimens tested in air due to lower heat conductivity of air as compared to seawater. Such conclusion is... |
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Palavras-chave: Natural rubber; Fatigue; Environmental effects; Seawater; Strain-induced crystallization. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00324/43523/43055.pdf |
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