The rubber elasticity characteristics of polyurethane network based on hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene(HTPB)-isophorone diisocyanate(IPDI) were investigated. Both sol-gel analyses and solvent swollen compression modulus data were used to evaluate the crosslink density through the variation of NCO/OH equivalent ratio. The density of elastically effective network chains calculated with swollen compression modulus data at 25℃ were 16.788×10-9 L0S0/D2V0N (mole/cm3) for gel polymer and 16.788×10-9 L0S0/D2 (mole/cm3) for sol-gel polymer, respectively. The polymer-solvent interaction parameters(χ1) between the present elastomer and solvents like xylene, toluene, chloroform and benzene were evaluated at 25℃. The logarithm of the equilibrium volume fraction (V2e'') in gel polymer, which was in accordance with the prediction of the Flory-Noggins schema. The effective network chain lengths (Me) of these elastomers at NCO/OH equivalent ratio=0.95-1.10 were 8,000-12,000(gr/mole).
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