Ageing of Rubber

Download or read book Ageing of Rubber written by Roger P. Brown and published by iSmithers Rapra Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is an output from the Weathering of Elastomers and Sealants project, which forms part of the UK government's Department of Trade and Industry's Degradation of Materials in Aggressive Environments Programme. A long-term natural ageing programme was started in 1958 when 19 rubber compounds were exposed at 3 locations. The final sets of test pieces were withdrawn in 1998 giving a total of 40 years of natural ageing. The results of the physical tests carried out at intervals over the period were published in 2000 by Rapra in 'Natural Ageing of Rubber?Changes in Physical Properties over.