THE DETERMINATION OF THE INHOMOGENEITY OF CROSSLINKING OF A RUBBER BY LIGHT SCATTERING,

Abstract

By extending the theory of Flory and Rehner for the swelling of a crosslinked network which is inhomogeneously crosslinked, it is predicted that local fluctuation in degree of swelling will occur which will lead to fluctuations in refractive index. By utilizing the Debye-Bueche theory of scattering, it is shown that this will lead to enhanced scattering. The analysis of this scattering permits one to evaluate the mean squared fluctuation in crosslinked density as well as the size of the regions within which fluctuations occur. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0687468

Entities

People

  • Richard S. Stein

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Light Scattering
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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