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Neoprene
Natural rubber swells and softens in oil and cracks in sunlight. In April 1930 Arnold Collins, working in Wallace Carothers' group at DuPont, isolated chloroprene - a close relative of the isoprene in natural rubber, with one chlorine atom in place of a methyl group - and found that it polymerised by itself into a rubber-like solid. DuPont sold it from 1931 as DuPrene and renamed it neoprene in 1937. It was one of the first commercially successful synthetic rubbers, and its selling point was exactly what natural rubber lacked: resistance to oil, weather and heat.
**No patent number is cited here**: the chemistry is well documented and dated, but no single patent was verified as covering neoprene itself, so none is claimed.
**You make a snug neoprene sleeve with a glued-and-stitched butt seam, then test the claim** - a strip of neoprene and a natural rubber band in mineral oil for a day, measured before and after.
Principiante
2 hours plus 24 h soak
Instrucciones
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1
Size the sleeve
Size the sleeve
Measure the bottle diameter. Run the notebook's sizing cell for the cut width and base disc.
Herramientas necesarias:
Calibre digital de 6 pulgadas
Regla de acero2
2
Mark the pieces
Mark the pieces
On 3 mm neoprene, chalk a rectangle: cut width x 200 mm tall. Chalk the base disc beside it.
Materiales para este paso:
Tejido de neopreno1 hojaHerramientas necesarias:
Jaboncillo de sastreRegla de acero3
3
Cut
Cut
Cut the rectangle with the rotary cutter against the ruler, one firm pass. Cut the disc with fabric scissors.
Herramientas necesarias:
Juego de cúter circular y base de corte
Tijeras de sastre4
4
Cement the edges
Cement the edges
Brush a thin coat of contact cement on both 3 mm long edges, using the brush in the can lid. Leave until touch-dry, as the can directs.
Materiales para este paso:
Cemento de contacto10 mlHerramientas necesarias:
Cronómetro5
5
Butt the seam
Butt the seam
Roll into a tube and press the edges face to face, no overlap. Contact cement grabs on touch - align the top first, then close downward. Clip and leave 10 minutes.
Herramientas necesarias:
Pinzas sujetapapeles grandes6
6
Stitch across the seam
Stitch across the seam
Zigzag across the glued seam, stitch width wide enough to bite both sides. Stretch slightly as you sew so the thread gives with the fabric.
Materiales para este paso:
Hilo de poliéster5 metrosHerramientas necesarias:
Máquina de coser7
7
Close the base
Close the base
Cement the disc rim and the tube's bottom edge, press together, then whip-stitch round by hand.
Materiales para este paso:
Cemento de contacto5 mlHilo de poliéster2 metrosHerramientas necesarias:
Agujas de coser a mano8
8
Set up the swell test
Set up the swell test
Cut a 50 x 10 mm neoprene offcut. Cut open a rubber band to a 50 mm strip. Measure both. Submerge in mineral oil in a lidded jar for 24 hours.
Materiales para este paso:
Aceite mineral de uso alimentario100 ml
Gomas elásticas1 paqueteHerramientas necesarias:
Tarro de vidrioCalibre digital de 6 pulgadas9
9
Measure again
Measure again
Blot the strips dry and measure their lengths. Enter all four numbers in the notebook.
Herramientas necesarias:
Calibre digital de 6 pulgadas10
10
Chlorine, swell and sizing
Chlorine, swell and sizing
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History & Context
History & Context
Neoprene grew out of Julius Nieuwland's acetylene chemistry at Notre Dame, which DuPont licensed; Collins' chloroprene came from that work in Carothers' laboratory, the same group that produced nylon.
Its limits are the other side of its strength: it costs more than natural rubber, is less springy, and stiffens in deep cold. The sheet you used is almost certainly closed-cell neoprene FOAM laminated to nylon jersey - the form wetsuits made familiar - where trapped gas cells add insulation that solid neoprene lacks.
Materiales
5- 1 hojaMarcador de posición
- Cemento de contacto10% de comisión15 mlMarcador de posición
- 7 metrosMarcador de posición
- Marcador de posición
- 1 paqueteMarcador de posición
Herramientas requeridas
10- Marcador de posición
- Marcador de posición
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