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Compressibility of bulk polymers
Author(s) -
Warfield R. W.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760060216
Subject(s) - compressibility , materials science , polymer , amorphous solid , thermodynamics , natural rubber , phase (matter) , polymer science , composite material , organic chemistry , chemistry , physics
Bulk compressibilities of a series of linear and crosslinked polymers have been measured, in a Matsuoka‐Maxwell apparatus, at pressures up to 10,000 atmospheres and at temperatures to 202°C. These polymers exhibited nonlinear compressibility characteristics and a maximium compressibility of about 15% at 10,000 atmospheres. At slow loading rates, data were obtained for the amorphous polymers which could be expressed as glass‐rubber phase gisgrams. The nature of the observed compressibilities are discussed and the usefulness of the data is indicated.