A rubbery plastic with weak spots tears slower than with tough ones | Science News @ScienceNewsMag
A rubbery plastic with weak spots tears slower than with tough ones | Science News @ScienceNewsMag
Science News | A rubbery plastic with weak spots tears slower than with tough ones | Science News @ScienceNewsMag | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
A rubbery plastic polymer with weak cross-linkers, shown on the left, requires more stretching force to tear than a similar polymer with stronger cross-linkers, shown on the right. Adding the weak cross-linkers to rubber could lead to tougher car tires and less microplastic pollution.
Read more: sciencenews.org/article/tear-resistant-rubber-tough-tires
Video: S. Wang et al/Science 2023
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