The basic purpose of this new edition is to update the material in the
second edition, which is now more than 10 years old. As a result, the 14 chapters
in that earlier edition have been revised and expanded, and a new chapter
on the recycling of rubbers has been added.
It is again hoped that this book will provide the type of broad overview
of elastomers and their mechanical properties that will be useful to the
polymer science and engineering community in general.