弹性体材料,弹性体指热塑性弹性体和不能用硫黄硫化的各种特殊饱和橡胶(于清溪·橡胶原材料手册·化学工业出版社)。“弹性体”更扩展为具有弹性的聚合物的总称。首先根据美国测量与材料协会(ASTM)颁布的ASTM D1566-07a标准,“Standard Terminology Relating to Rubber(橡胶相关标准术语学)”来辨析一下这两个词的定义及其涵盖范围。 rubber—material that is capable of recovering from large deformations quickly and forcibly, and can be, or already is, modified to a state in which it is essentially insoluble (but can swell) in boiling solvent, such as benzene, methyl ethyl ketone, or ethanol-toluene azeotrope. DISCUSSION—A rubber in its modifi