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Rubber Terminology
  • Durometer [instrument to measure the hardness of rubber]
  • Tensile Strength [maximum stress applied during stretching to rupture]
  • Elongation [increase in length expressed numerically as to fraction or percentage of initial length]
  • Modulus [measure of stiffness]
  • Specific Gravity [ratio of the weight of a given substance to the weight of an equal volume of water at a specified temperature]
  • Compression Set [deformation which remains in rubber after it has been subjected to and released from a specific compressive stress for a definite period of time and temperature]