Abstract
The ability of unvulcanized rubber to adhere to itself, to other rubbers or to more rigid materials is exploited in such applications as rubbery adhesives and pressure sensitive tapes. It is also relied upon during the fabrication of rubber articles, including tyres, to keep the component parts in place prior to the article being vulcanized. This paper is concerned with the measurement of the adhesion between unvulcanized rubbers and their adhesion to more rigid substrates, rather than measurement of the bonds provided by adhesives or pressure sensitive tapes. The peel test is often used to determine the strength of the adhesion, and the degree to which peel measurements for unvulcanized rubber are affected by energy losses in the peel bend forms the main subject of the present work. The conditions under which a contact is produced affect the adhesion (1); factors such as contact duration, pressure and temperature need to be controlled.
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Fuller, K.N.G., Lake, G.J. (1989). Energy Losses in Peeling of Unvulcanized Rubbers. In: Allen, K.W. (eds) Adhesion 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9082-7_5
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