Table of Contents

1: General Physical Properties of Rubber
2: Internal Energy and Entropy Changes on Deformation
3: The Elasticity of Long-Chain Molecules
4: The Elasticity of a Molecular Network
5Ex5: Experimental Examination of the Statistical Theory
6: Non-Gaussian Chain Statistics and Network Theory
7: Swelling Phenomena
8: Cross-linking and Modulus
9: Photoelastic Properties of Rubbers
10: The General Strain: Phenomenological Theory
11: Alternative Forms of Strain-Energy Function
12: Large-Deformation Theory: Shear and Torsion
13: Thermodynamic Analysis of Gaussian Network

About the Author

L.R.G. Treloar
Department of Polymer and Fibre Science
UMIST
PO Box 88
Manchester
M60 1QD

Reviews

`This reviewer warmly recommends the book...well written in nature...a comprehensive reference source.'
H.G. Hopkins in AMR
`This is a unique volume...a classic work.'
Rubber Chemistry Technical
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G. Allen in Polymer