Thermoplastic
Rubber,elastormer
Introduction:
1. Plastic was created by Alexander Parkes(1862)
2. Material called parkesine –(organic material –cellulose)
3. Material –new age
4. Prepared synthetically or semi synthetically from monomer.
5. Easily machined,cast and joined
Classification of plastic:
1. Elastomers
2. Thermosets
3. Thermoplastic
Thermoplastic:
It’s also called as thermo softening plastic which becomes pliable or
mouldable, above a specific temperature and returns to a solid
state upon cooling.
High molecular weight (above 1000 g/mol).
Which moulds above glass transition temperature and returns to
normal state cooling.
Characteristics:
More asthetically stronger and stiffer but lower toughness,
expensive forming process,less resistance to mechanical creep,not
suitable for use in extremely temperature, little to on cross-linking
in microstructure, eco-friendly forming process
Elastormer….?
1. Macromolecular material which returns rapidly to approximately
it’s initial dimensions and shape after deformation by a weak
stress (or)
2. A polymer with the property of elasticity.
3. It has property of visco elasticity,generally having low Young’s
modulus and high yield strain.
Definition:
Its based upon physical properties rather than chemical nature.
It can be streched over and over again.
It has a distinctions of being stretched 200%and return to original
shape. It’s limit is 200%.
Why elastormer
1. High energy density
2. Low strains
Structure
The long polymer chains cross-linking. The molecular structure of
elastormer can be imagined as a spaghetti and structure,with the
meatballs signifying cross –links
Glass transition temperature
Tg above which a polymer becomes soft and pliable,and below which
it becomes hard and glassy
Above room temperature (thermoplastic)
Below room temperature (elastormer)
Stretching
Can be stretched to many times their original length.
Bouncing
It can be bounce back into their original shape without permanent
deformation
Crosslinking
Different chains of polymer molecules have all been linked.
Highly amorphous
Elastomeric Highly random orientation
material High elongation
Elastomeric
material
It’s a chemical process for converting rubber related polymer into
more double durable material via the addition of sulphur or
equivalent “curvaties”.
Types of elastormers
General purpose elastormer
Speciality elastormer
Thermoplastic elastormer
Vulcanization Thermoplastic elastormer
aliphatic thermoset elastormer.
Polyamide elastormer
Polyypropylene elastormer
Natural rubber is a product extract from the latex of the rubber
Rubber tree.natural rubber occurs in almost 2000 plants species, but only
few of them are industrially.
Raw material extracted from trees
Material is
processed
Latex is then
dried ,sorted
and smoked
