Talk:Elastomer
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[edit] Picture
This article could do with a cross-linked polymer picture. ―BenFrantzDale 02:44, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Crosslinked liquid
In a Mechanics of Materials course, my professor described elastomers as “crosslinked liquids”. That is, that they are liquid polymers but with just enough cross-links to prevent plastic deformation, but few enough to allow large deformation. Is this an accurate description? If so, does the glass transition temperature correspond to the freezing temperature of the liquid were it not crosslinked? ―BenFrantzDale 02:44, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- Not all elastomers derive from liquid polymers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 159.235.52.252 (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Consumer products
I've removed the entire consumer products section (and the recently-inserted question that went along with it). If we started to list all, or even a representative sample of consumer products that use elastomers, the list would be far too long for this article. A better approach might be to find one example for each of the listed elastomers and add that to the elastomer's "bullet".
Atlant 16:49, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Latex
Where does Latex fit into this? Shouldn't it be referenced in the article? --George100 12:06, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
