Change in Molecular Weight Distribution of Diffusible Species on RTV Silicone Rubber Using Solvent Extraction and Recovery Rate of Hydrophobicity

용매추출에 의한 옥외용 RTV 실리콘고무의 분자량 변화와 발수성 회복속도

  • Lee, Chang-R. (Hyundai Electro-Mechanical Research Institute, HHI. Korea) ;
  • Kim, Dong-H. (Hyundai Electro-Mechanical Research Institute, HHI. Korea) ;
  • Choi, Yong-C. (Hyundai Electro-Mechanical Research Institute, HHI. Korea) ;
  • Kim, Jong-G. (Hyundai Electro-Mechanical Research Institute, HHI. Korea) ;
  • Homma, H. (CRIEPI, Yokosuka, Japan) ;
  • Izumi, K. (CRIEPI, Yokosuka, Japan)
  • Published : 2001.07.18

Abstract

We have investigated the relation between the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of diffusible species and the recovery rate of hydrophobicity of room-temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone rubber (SIR) using solvent extraction at various temperatures. It was observed that the extract had a MWD ranging from a few hundreds g/mol to hundreds of thousands g/mol. By measuring the migration of siloxane to the extracted SIR surface through a thin carbon coating, the aspect of migration of diffusible species was observed as a real time plot, and the time constant of the migration was also calculated. According to the time dependence of IR-absorbance, the time constant was increased with the increase of MW of the extracts.

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