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HARWOOD et al. have recently shown1,2 that the phenomenon of stress softening in vulcanized natural rubber containing carbon black as a filler is chiefly associated with changes taking place in the polymer phase—and not, as had previously been supposed, with breakdown of polymer–filler, or filler–filler interactions.
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DERHAM, C., THOMAS, A. Creep of Natural Rubber Vulcanizates filled with Carbon Black. Nature 218, 81 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218081a0
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