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Simple measurement of silanol (OH) concentration in silanol-terminated silicone fluids
Louis A. Bloomfield
This article reports a simple technique for measuring the concentration of silanol groups in a silanol-terminated polydimethylsiloxane fluid. That technique requires only a common…
Shape Recovery in Viscoelastic Silicone Rubber and the Fractional Zener Model
Louis A Bloomfield
Viscoelastic silicone rubber (VSR) is a remarkable shape-memory solid. The material's polymer network retains a memory of its shape history, so its current and future shapes depend…
Rapid technique for preparing conductive graphene-borosilicone putty
Louis A. Bloomfield
When borosilicone putty is filled with graphene sheets, the result can be a "g-putty"--an electrically conducting putty that is exquisitely sensitive to deformation. In this work,…
Laminar Flow and Backrind Formation in Molding of Viscoelastic Silicone Rubber
Louis A. Bloomfield
When a thermoset polymer is cured at elevated temperature in a closed mold, thermal expansion can produce flaws in the finished product. Those flaws occur when rising internal pres…
Borosilicones and viscoelastic silicone rubbers: network liquids and network solids
Louis A. Bloomfield
Borosilicones (e.g., Silly Putty) have been known for 70 years, but their peculiar behaviors have remain unexplained. In this work, experiment and theory are used to show that they…
Reducing the Leak Rate from a Damaged Oil Well by Filling It with Dense Streamlined Objects
Louis A. Bloomfield
The enormous pressure lifting the column of oil in a leaking oil well can thwart efforts to seal the top of the well and prevent oil from rising. When the oil cannot be stopped com…