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Benjamin Lewis wrote:
Tom Sherman wrote: Benjamin Lewis wrote: Tom Sherman wrote: A viscoelastic material will behave elastically if loaded and unloaded extremely rapidly - all the strain caused by loading is recovered after the load is removed. However, if the load is maintained, the material deforms plastically and only the elastic portion of the strain is recovered upon removing the load. Many polymeric materials behave in a viscoelastic manner (which usually varies with temperature). Asphalt cement is of course a polymeric material. Is my scant chemistry knowledge lacking, or is this just a broader definition of the word "polymeric" than I've heard before? A monomer is a single, covalent bonded molecule. When one of the double carbon bonds in a monomer is "unlocked" and bonding occurs with another "unlocked" carbon atom in an adjacent monomer, a polymer molecule is formed. When the polymer molecules are bonded to each other with secondary forces, a polymeric material is created. And asphalt is such a material? Correct. Tom Sherman - Quad Cities (Illinois Side) |
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Benjamin Lewis wrote in message ...
Tom Sherman wrote: Benjamin Lewis wrote: Tom Sherman wrote: A viscoelastic material will behave elastically if loaded and unloaded extremely rapidly - all the strain caused by loading is recovered after the load is removed. However, if the load is maintained, the material deforms plastically and only the elastic portion of the strain is recovered upon removing the load. Many polymeric materials behave in a viscoelastic manner (which usually varies with temperature). Asphalt cement is of course a polymeric material. Is my scant chemistry knowledge lacking, or is this just a broader definition of the word "polymeric" than I've heard before? A monomer is a single, covalent bonded molecule. When one of the double carbon bonds in a monomer is "unlocked" and bonding occurs with another "unlocked" carbon atom in an adjacent monomer, a polymer molecule is formed. When the polymer molecules are bonded to each other with secondary forces, a polymeric material is created. And asphalt is such a material? Dear Benjamin, A quick google for asphalt and polymer soon led to thousands of pages, including ones like this: http://www.jebro.com/pm.htm It looks as if that stuff is trickier than I thought. They add other polymers to make it both elastic and plastic. "He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith." --earliest comment on the road-rash stuff Carl Fogel |
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Carl Fogel wrote:
A quick google for asphalt and polymer soon led to thousands of pages, including ones like this: http://www.jebro.com/pm.htm It looks as if that stuff is trickier than I thought. They add other polymers to make it both elastic and plastic. I just wasn't sure if it was a "polymeric material" if synthetic polymers aren't added to it. I did a similar google search, and also found plenty of sites talking about adding polymers to asphalt, but none that stated definitively that asphalt in itself is "polymeric." -- Benjamin Lewis "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." --Matt Groening |
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