Effects of Dynamic and Morphological Properties On Wear of Emulsion and Solution Based Elastomers

The main focus of the presentation will be to outline how such factors as,  initial polymerization and factory processing (mixing-compounding) induced morphologies, in conjunction with dynamic material properties, effect the wear of elastomers. Specific attention will be given to determine how these factors combine to control debris formation. This will be established in a multi step process which: 1) Explores insitu wear particulate to sort out true intrinsic versus agglomerated particles generated in the post removal interface debris field, 2) Assess intrinsic particle topologies and dimensional scale levels, 3)Establish initial and processing induced morphologies at such geometric scales, 4) Assess linkage between such morphologies and wear particle formation, 5) Determine material dynamic properties  associated with wear interface at intrinsic particle dimensional scales, 6) Establish how dynamic properties impinge on particle formation, and 7) Determine effects of solution versus emulsion polymerization schemes on wear particle formation.