Rubber vs Elastomer
From Open Source Ecology
Basics
- They are often used interchangeably in industry etc, due to the original synthetic elastomers being designed as a direct replacement
- This group is now reffered to as Synthetic Rubbers and behave similarly, and are often Vulcanized
- There are however more elastomers which can't be vulcanized, and are Thermoplastics instead of Thermosets , They also have vastly different properties
- Therefore for clarity, and to a certain degree accuracy these materials can be classified as:
- Again for common usage the difference isn't needed, but for technical descriptions etc, and avoiding ambiguity/confusion it is useful
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