Fabrication of shape memory natural rubber using palmitic acid
This paper investigates the practicability of fabricating a shape memory natural rubber with the use of palmitic acid as the swelling agent. Strips of natural rubber samples were swollen in molten palmitic acid at 75 °C. Equilibrium swelling of natural rubber with palmitic acid was found to occur at...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of King Saud University: Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101836471730722X |