AbstractMagnetic particles of iron oxide were blended into portions of a high molecular weight sample of poly(dimethylsiloxane) which were then peroxide cured in a magnetic field. Strips cut from the resulting elastomers parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic lines of force were studied with respect to their equilibrium swelling and their stress–strain isotherms in elongation. Both resistance to swelling (as measured by the volume fraction of polymer in the network) and the elongation modulus increased with increase in the amount of filler. They were also generaly larger in the direction parallel to the field, and the differences increased both with increase in the amount of filler and with increase in the strength of the magnetic field. Stress relaxation also increased with amount of filler and field strength, thus illustrating the importance of adsorption of the polymer onto the filler particles, and its subsequent desorption under stres
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