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Natural rubber vulcanizates with high primary molecular weight were prepared by mixing raw rubber and dicumyl peroxide in benzene followed by freeze-drying. The stress-strain properties of these vulcanizates were quite different from those prepared by conventional mastication method. The important characteristics of these vulcanizates is high tensile modulus, high tensile strength, large hysteresis loss, and higher degree of strain-induced crystallization. The difference in the stress-strain behavior between these rubbers and conventional vulcanizates are discussed from the standpoint of the network structure.
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Ono, K., Kato, A. & Murakami, K. Unusual stress-strain properties of natural rubber vulcanizates with high primary molecular weight. Polymer Bulletin 13, 29–33 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00264237
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