The cracking of rubber O-rings by hydraulic fluids at high pressures
- 1 December 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 45 (12), 1612-1613
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1686576
Abstract
Stretched rubber O‐rings frequently crack when pressurized by low molecular weight fluids. This appears to be due to solvent induced crazing above the glass transition.Keywords
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- Sample Holder for Diffraction and Other Studies in Ultrahigh VacuumReview of Scientific Instruments, 1969