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time. Measurement of the response in deformation of a viscoelastic material to periodic forces, for instance during forced vjbration, shows that stress and strain are not in phase; the strain lags behind the stress by a phase angle δ, the loss angle. So the moduli of the materials，the complex moduli, include the storage moduli which determine the amount of recoverable energy stored as elastic energy, and the loss moduli which determine the dissipation of energy as heat when the material is deformed.
这对于聚合物来说尤其如此．在金属被认为纯弹性的情况下聚合物可能表现出非弹性变形。通常使用粘弹性变形的表达式表示非纯弹性。粘弹性是指粘性和弹性性能的结合。由于粘性变形的应力应变关系的时间依赖性，粘弹现象的性能总是随着时间而变化。在变形的粘弹性材料测量周期性外力的反应，例如强迫振动，表明应力和应变不同相；应变滞后于应力的相位角δ称为损耗角。因此，材料的模量即复合模量包括储存模量和损失模量，其中储存模量决定了以弹性能量储存的可恢复能量的多少，损失模量决定了材料变形时以热量形式散失的能量。
UNIT 29 Synthetic Plastics 第二十九单元 合成塑料
It would be difficult to visualise our modern world without plastics. Today they are an integral part of everyones lifestyle with applications varying from commonplace articles to sophisticated scientific and medical instruments. Nowadays designers and engineers readily turn to plastics because they offer combinations of properties not available in any other materials. Plastics offer advantages such as lightness , resilience , resistance to corrosion , colour fastness, transparency, ease of processing ,
etc. , and although they also have their limitations , their exploitation is limited only by the ingenuity of the designer.
现代社会没有塑料真是难以想象。今天它们是组成每个人生活的必备部分，从不断变化的平凡物品到尖端科技的医学仪器。当今的设计师和工程师已开始着手塑料的研究，因为它们提供了不能应用于任何其它材料的综合性能。塑料所呈现的优点诸如质轻、弹性、防腐、不易褪色、透明性、易于加工等等，尽管也有它们的制约，它们的开发仅因设计师的创造力受到限制。
It is usual to think that plastics are a relatively recent development but in fact, as part of the larger family called “polymers”, they are a basic ingredient of plant and animal life. Polymers are materials which consist of very long chain-like molecules. Natural materials such as silk, shellac, bitumen, rubber and cellulose have this type of structure. However, it was not until the 19th century that attempts were made to develop a synthetic polymeric material and the first success was based on cellulose. This was a material called “Parkesine”, after its inventor Alexander Parkes, and although it was not a commercial success it was a start and eventually led to the development of “Celluoid”. This material was an important break-through because it became established as a good replacement of natural materials which were in short supply.
通常认为塑料是一种相对新的发展，但事实上作为 “聚合物”大家族的成员，它们是动植物生活的一个基本组成部分。聚合物是由象链一样非常长的分子组成的材料。象丝、虫胶、沥青、橡胶和纤维素之类的天然材料有这种类型的结构。然而，直到19世纪才尝试开发了一种合成聚合物材料，首次成功基于赛璐珞。这是一种叫做“硝化纤维素塑料”的材料，它的发明者是Alexander Parkes ,尽管不是一种开始的商业成功，最终导致了“赛璐珞”的发展。这种材料是一个
重要的突破因为它成为了供应短缺的天然材料的良好替代品。
During the early twentieth century there was considerable interest in these new synthetic materials. Phenol-formaldehyde (“bakelite”) was introduced in 1905 and about the time of the second World War materials such as nylon, polyethylene and acrylic (“Perspex”) appeared on the scene. Unfortunately many of the early applications for plastics earned them a reputation as being cheap substitutes. It has taken them a long time to overcome this image but nowadays the special properties of plastics are being appreciated which is establishing them as important materials in their own right. The ever increasing use of plastics in all kinds of applications means that it is essential for designers and engineers to become familiar with the range of plastics available and the types of performance characteristics to be expected so that they can be used to the best advantage.
二十世纪初，人们十分关注这些新合成材料。酚醛树脂（“电木粉”）于1905年问世，大约在第二次世界大战期间象尼龙、聚乙烯和丙烯酸类（“有机玻璃”）的材料相继出现。可惜塑料的许多早期应用带来的是廉价代用品的名声。这种印象花费了长久的时间才被消除，但如今，塑料的特性正在被人们认识到，而塑料也正在确立它们作为重要材料的地位。塑料在各种应用中的用途不断增加，这意味着对于设计师和工程师来说，通晓塑料应用的范围和预期的性能特征是十分必要的，以致能以最好的方式利用它们。
The words “polymers” and “plastics” are often taken as synonymous but in fact there is a distinction. The polymer is the pure material which results form the process of polymerisation and is usually taken as the family name for materials which have long chain-like molecules and this includes rubber. Pure polymers are seldom used on
their own and it is when additives are present that the term plastic is applied. Polymers contain additives for a number of reasons. In some cases impurities are present as a result of the polymerisation additives such as stabilisers, lubricants, fillers, pigments, etc., are added to enhance the properties of the material.
单词“聚合物”和“塑料”通常被看作是同义的，但事实上是有区别的。聚合物是缘于聚合反应过程的纯物质，常常被看作具有长链分子材料的系列名称，这也包括橡胶。纯的聚合物很少独自使用，当存在添加剂时它适用于专有名词塑料。由许多原因聚合物含有添加剂。在某些情况下作为聚合反应的结果存在杂质，去除这些杂质以获得纯的聚合物可能是不经济的。在其它情况下，添加象稳定剂、润滑剂、填充剂、颜料等之类的添加剂，以增强材料的性能。
There are two important classes of plastics: 有两种重要类别的塑料：
Thermoplastic materials. In a thermoplastic material the long chain-like molecules are held together by relatively weak Van der Waals forces. A useful image of the structure is a mass of randomly distributed long strands of sticky wool. When the material is heated the intermolecular forces are weakened so that is becomes soft and flexible and eventually, at high temperatures, it is a viscous melt. When the material is allowed to cool it solidifies again. This cycle of softening by heat and solidifying when cooled can be repeated more or less indefinitely and is a definite advantage in that it is the basis of most processing methods for these materials. It does have its drawbacks, however, because it means that the properties of thermoplastics are heat sensitive. A useful analogy which is often used to describe these materials is that like candle wax they can be repeatedly softened by heat and will solidify when cooled.