Stretching calorimetry and thermoelasticity of rubbers at different temperatures†

Abstract

The data of isothermal stretching calorimetry on rubbers at different temperatures above room temperature are presented. Based upon the van der Waals equation of state for rubbers calculations can be fitted to the experimental data obtained by simple elongation whereby the thermoelastic behavior is related to a constant thermal expansion coefficient in the unstrained state and to an invariant temperature coefficient of the end-to-end distance of the equivalent freely jointed chain.