Preliminary Investigation of the Feasibility of Radiation Vulcanization of Silicone Rubber

Abstract Radiation vulcanization of silicone rubber is commercially feasible from the standpoint of obtaining useful physical properties at relatively low dosage rates. These physical properties are approximately equivalent to those obtained by peroxide vulcanization. We found that, for the limited number of samples tested; the electrical properties, the confined heat resistance, the compression set resistance, and the heat aging were all equivalent to their peroxide counterparts.