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What is Elastomer?

Definition 29.18 University Chemistry — Year 2 · Chapter 29 — Polymers: Synthesis, Structure and Properties

An elastomer is a polymer used above its glass transition temperature whose chains are lightly cross-linked: it can be stretched to several times its length and returns to its shape when released.

Polymer pellets in a plant, the form in which thermoplastics are sold, and fibres being drawn from a spinneret onto rotating rolls behind them (illustration).
Polymer pellets in a plant, the form in which thermoplastics are sold, and fibres being drawn from a spinneret onto rotating rolls behind them (illustration).
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