Elastic elongation is due to uncoiling, untwisting and straightening of chains in the stress direction.
In vulcanization, crosslinking of the elastomeric polymer is achieved by an irreversible chemical reaction usually at high temperatures (hence ‘vulcan’), and usually involving the addition of sulfur compounds.
In silicone rubbers, the backbone C atoms are replaced by a chain of alternating silicon and oxygen atoms.
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