Experimental Evaluation of Rubber Properties

Rubber is a material that finds use in everyday consumer products from tires in cars to erasers on pencils. The properties of the rubber raw materials and the finished products play a highly significant role in their intended end-use and safety during the product life cycle. Hence, the properties of rubber must satisfy the thermal, mechanical and rheological requirements of their end-use application. This study involves the experimental characterization of the thermal, mechanical and rheological properties of various rubber materials and how these properties are related to end use application.