Elastomers: A literature review with emphasis on oil resistance

Rubber Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 516-535

  Patil, Abhimanyu O ^a   Coolbaugh, Thomas S ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ELASTOMERS; GLASS TRANSITION; PLASTICS;

LITERATURE REVIEWS; MOLECULAR FEATURE; SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS;

OIL RESISTANCE;

EID: 60849128812     PISSN: 00359475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5254/1.3547894     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. M. F. Myntti, Rubber World 228(3), 38 (2003).
2. "Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology," Fourth Edison (1993) Vol. 8, pp. 923-1079. This volume covers several individual articles by experts in their fields. Some of the articles include: Acrylate Elastomers 923-971, Butyl Rubber 934-955, Chrorosulfonated Polyethylene 956-971, Ethylene-Acrylate Elastomers 972-978, Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber 978-989, Fluorocarbon Elastomers 990-1005, Nitrile Rubber 1005-1021, Phosphazenes 1022-1030, Polybutadiene 1031-1045 and Polychloroprene 1055-1079.
3. Based on information available at http://www.dupont.com/vamac/polymers.
4. M. Morton, "Rubber Technology," 3rd Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. (1987).
5. DuPont VMAC page, http://www.dupont.com/industrial-polymers/vamac.
6. Chemical Economics Handbook-Chlorinated Polyethylene Resins and Elastomers," SRI International, 1998.
7. A. Subramaniam, "Rubber Technology," M. Morton, Ed., 3rd Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. (1987) pp. 179-208.
8. N. G. McCrum, C. P. Buckley; and C. B. Bucknail, "Principles of Polymer Engineering," 2nd Edition, Oxford Science Publications. (1997) pp. 100-111.
9. I. A. Wiehe, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 34, 661 (1995).
10. L. H. Sperling, "Polymeric Multicomponent Materials," John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1997) pp. 62-65. There is presumption carried from this book that the limit of solubility of a polymer in solvent is a square root of the solubility parameter difference being less than 1. This may be true for polar polymers where enthalpy effects are great, but not true for hydrocarbon polymers where the enthalpy effects are overcome by the entropy effects. Thus cyclohexane is an excellent solvent for polystyrene and toluene is an excellent solvent for EP polymers, and PE, though the sq rt of the difference is close to one. In truth, the depression of the melting point of semicrystalline EP polymers in toluene and hexane suggests that the former is a better solvent than the latter. Another reason why solubility parameters are always suspect for hydrocarbon systems. It is possible that aromatic rings pi electrons are able to stabilize a lot of binary components: note the difference in solubility of organometallic systems in toluene vs heptane.
11. R. F. Ohm, "Introduction to the Structure and Properties of Rubber," in Vanderbilt Rubber Handbook, 13th Edition, (1990) pp. 2-10.
12. "Encyclopedia of Polymer Science," John Wiley (1996) Vol. 5, p. 406.
13. ASTM D 471-93, "Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Effect of Liquids," ASTM Book Stand. 09.01.