Abstract:Studies of the swelling of rubber which had been carried out up to 1924 were reviewed by one of the authors in an earlier publication. A review of subsequent studies is to be found in a paper by Scott, who himself has contributed some data on the subject. These prior studies were not, however, concerned primarily to secure systematic information on the influence of the chemical structure of liquids on their imbibition by rubber, and they involved only a relatively small number of liquids, except for the study … Show more
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