Freezing Rubber Bands

A frozen food industry favorite.

Freezing rubber bands.

The way to think of the elasticity is in terms of entropy which is basically a measure of disorder. Message 9 of 74 48 981 views reply. These seals can become loose over time and need to be resized or replaced. Liquid nitrogen would do it but that isn t exactly freezing and i have no idea what it would prove except that elastomers break when they get real cold.

The rubber bands in freezing water were the opposite with a stretching length of 9 50 o o5 cm 0 c. Rubber polymer molecules have interesting properties that allow them to change size when exposed to extreme temperatures. So if this applies to you it may help. Call aero 800 662 1009 to learn more about our custom formulated freezer pallet bands.

I ll try to keep this updated as i play and see if i can get through a day without issues. You want the rubber band to visibly stretch out when you hang the quarters from it but not so much that it hits the bottom of the bottle. Neither rubber band will be easy to break unless the drop in temperature is one heckuva lot lower than just freezing. Rubber seals are used in a variety of ways including in car parts plumbing and home appliances.

Quality rubber products shipped on time. The universe is always moving towards a state of greater disorder. Thermal expansion caused the rubber bands to react as they did. A strong rubber band may require more quarters a weaker.

The results were consistent providing a reliable conclusion to the project. Yes a rubber band will actually become softer or easier to stretch when the temperature gets colder. So far i haven t recalled any of the freezing rubber band.