材料综合实验：Lab II Rubber swelling.docVIP

South University of Science and Technology of China Department of Materials Science and Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Lab I Lab II: Rubber swelling Objectives Understand the fundamental of the rubber swelling equilibrium. Gain hand-on experience in determining the crosslinking density of rubber. Introduction Rubber is a kind of crosslinked polymers with a network structure. It cannot dissolve because the polymer chains are bound together. However, after being dipped into a suitable solvent, it absorbs the solvent and swells. The swollen rubber is pretty much like a polymer s