styrene-isoprene-styrene
copolymer
Also known as: SIS
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- In styrene-butadiene and styrene-isoprene block copolymers
SBS and SIS are thermoplastic elastomers, blends that exhibit both the elasticity and resilience of butadiene rubber or isoprene rubber (natural rubber) and the ability of polystyrene to be molded and shaped under the influence of heat.
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- In major industrial polymers: Styrene-butadiene and styrene-isoprene block copolymers
…known as styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) rubber, consist of polystyrene sequences (or blocks) at each end of the chain and a butadiene or isoprene sequence in the centre. Polystyrene end-blocks of adjacent chains collect together in small “domains,” so that clusters of polystyrene are distributed through a network of…
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