화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.74, No.13, 3078-3087, 1999
Relations between Wallace plasticity and M-w for natural rubber
Wallace plasticity and the weight-average molar mass (M-w) were measured on natural rubber samples of different origins. A sigmoidal model describes the relations between Wallace plasticity and M-w (0.872 > r(2) > 0.992) for given families of samples. The families of samples analyzed differed through their clonal origin, collection method (cup lumps or latex), and type of processing (CV or non-CV). This study showed that two samples of natural rubber can be identical in terms of plasticity, but very different in terms of the average polyisoprene chain length or M-w.