Rubber Processing: An Introduction

Rubber Processing: An Introduction

This book deals with all aspects of rubber processing; mixing, milling, calendering, extrusion and molding, and also testing and specification of raw materials, mixed compound, and end products. It also covers the importance of flow behavior (rheology) in rubber processing. It deals with basic theory, and its application to practice. It includes section on the processing behavior of natural rubber, the various synthetic rubbers, and their compounds. It is primarily an overview, but the bibilographies and references to the literature will enable the interested reader to dig deeper into any specific subject.