Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science (DoITPoMS)

DoITPoMS Teaching & Learning Packages The Stiffness of Rubber Going further
The Stiffness of Rubber AimsIntroductionTheory of rubber conformationThermodynamics - the entropy springEntropy derivationContraction of rubberContraction experimentVerificationBiaxial tensionBalloon experimentSummaryQuestionsGoing further
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Websites

  • Bouncing Balls
    "Everything you ever wanted to know about rubber (history, biographies, chemistry and conservation)", a site maintained by John Loadman.
  • Mongabay.com
    "A Brief History of Rubber" (based on Wade Davis, One River 1996), a site maintained by Rhett A. Butler, promoting awareness of environmental issues surrounding rainforests.
  • International Rubber Research and Development Board
    "History of Natural Rubber", a site maintained by IRRDB, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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