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Elastomeric networks of high extensibility were prepared by end-linking mixtures of vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane chains having molecular weights of approximately 600 and 11,000 g mol−1, with silanes chosen to give junction functionalities ϕ ranging from 3 to 8. The resulting bimodal networks were studied in elongation, at 25 °C, to their rupture points, and in swelling equilibrium in benzene at room temperature. The elongation moduli [f *] were found to be in satisfactory agreement with previous results obtained by end-linking hydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane chains. Values of [f *] at low and moderate deformations gave relatively low values of the ratio of elasticity constants 2C 2/2C 1, which is a measure of the extent to which the elongation changes from approximately affine to nonaffine as the elongation increases. The low values obtained for this ratio are presumably due to diminished interpenetration of configurational domains in the case of very short chains. In spite of its small magnitude, 2C 2/2C 1 does show some decrease with increase in ϕ, as predicted by the recent molecular theory of rubberlike elasticity developed by Flory. The swelling equilibrium results were also found to be in satisfactory agreement with theory. The elongation moduli increased significantly at high elongations, and the values of the elongation at which the upturn was first discernible were very nearly independent of ϕ, This is consistent with the interpretation of this anomalous behaviour in terms of limited chain extensibility. The maximum extensibility generally decreased somewhat with increase in ϕ and this caused a decrease in both the ultimate strength and the toughness of the elastomer, as measured by the energy required for rupture.
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Llorente, M.A., Andrady, A.L. & Mark, J.E. Model networks of end-linked polydimethylsiloxane chains. Colloid & Polymer Sci 259, 1056–1061 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01524890
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