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Water permeation through elastomer laminates. IV. NBR/EPDM
Author(s) -
Aminabhavi Tejraj M.,
Manjeshwar Lata S.,
Cassidy Patrick E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1986.070320227
Subject(s) - elastomer , materials science , polymer , polymer science , composite material , permeation , solubility , membrane , organic chemistry , chemistry , biochemistry
The recent considerable interest in the transport and solubility properties of low‐molecular weight penetrants in elastomers arises largely because a number of important practical applications depend wholly or in part on such phenomena. These applications include various protective coatings, packaging materials, selective barriers for the separation of gas and liquid mixtures, biomedical devices, marine applications, etc. The behavior of small molecules in elastomers is strongly dependent on elastomer structure and morphology and any additives to the polymer; therefore, small molecules can be used as very sensitive probes to explore a polymer matrix, especially to gain information about its end applications.