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Rubber elasticity
Rubber elasticity, a well-known example of hyperelasticity, describes the mechanical behavior of many polymers, especially those with cross-links.
==Thermodynamics==
Temperature affects the elasticity of elastomers in an unusual way. When the elastomer is assumed to be in a stretched state, heating causes them to contract. Vice versa, cooling can cause expansion.
This can be observed with an ordinary rubber band. Stretching a rubber band will cause it to release heat (press it against your lips), while releasing it after it has been stretched will lead it to absorb heat, causing its surroundings to become cooler. This phenomenon can be explained with the Gibbs Free Energy. Rearranging Δ''G''=Δ''H''−''T''Δ''S'', where ''G'' is the free energy, ''H'' is the enthalpy, and ''S'' is the entropy, we get ''T''Δ''S''=Δ''H''−Δ''G''. Since stretching is nonspontaneous, as it requires external work, ''T''Δ''S'' must be negative. Since ''T'' is always positive (it can never reach absolute zero), the Δ''S'' must be negative, implying that the rubber in its natural state is more entangled (with more microstates) than when it is under tension. Thus, when the tension is removed, the reaction is spontaneous, leading Δ''G'' to be negative. Consequently, the cooling effect must result in a positive ΔH, so Δ''S'' will be positive there.〔Rubber Bands and Heat, http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HomeExpts/rubberband.html, citing 〕
The result is that an elastomer behaves somewhat like an ideal monatomic gas, inasmuch as (to good approximation) elastic polymers do not store any potential energy in stretched chemical bonds or elastic work done in stretching molecules, when work is done upon them. Instead, all work done on the rubber is "released" (not stored) and appears immediately in the polymer as thermal energy. In the same way, all work that the elastic does on the surroundings results in the disappearance of thermal energy in order to do the work (the elastic band grows cooler, like an expanding gas). This last phenomenon is the critical clue that the ability of an elastomer to do work depends (as with an ideal gas) only on entropy-change considerations, and not on any stored (i.e., potential) energy within the polymer bonds. Instead, the energy to do work comes entirely from thermal energy, and (as in the case of an expanding ideal gas) only the positive entropy change of the polymer allows its internal thermal energy to be converted efficiently (100% in theory) into work.
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