| Foreword | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Glass transition of elastomers | p. 11 |
| Methods of glass-transition temperature determination | p. 11 |
| Structural and other physical methods | p. 11 |
| Mechanical methods | p. 15 |
| Comparison of the data obtained by different methods | p. 17 |
| Modern views of glass transition | p. 18 |
| Kinetic views of glass transition | p. 18 |
| Thermodynamic views of glass transition | p. 25 |
| Morphological views of glass transition | p. 26 |
| Effect of the molecular parameters of rubbers and the composition of rubber compounds on glass-transition temperature | p. 28 |
| Effect of molecular mass | p. 28 |
| Effect of the structure of macromolecules | p. 30 |
| Effect of intermolecular interaction | p. 32 |
| Glass transition of copolymers | p. 33 |
| Effect of the composition of rubbers | p. 34 |
| Effect of a mechanical action on glass-transition temperature | p. 41 |
| Mechanical properties of elastomers near the glass transition temperature | p. 43 |
| Mechanical properties in the region of transition from the rubberlike to the glassy state | p. 43 |
| Static mechanical properties | p. 43 |
| Dynamic mechanical properties | p. 48 |
| Prediction of the mechanical properties of elastomers in the transition region from the glassy to the rubberlike state | p. 52 |
| Mechanical properties at temperatures below glass-transition temperature | p. 55 |
| Crystallization of elastomers at low temperatures | p. 59 |
| Methods of crystallization studies | p. 60 |
| Structural and other physical methods | p. 60 |
| Mechanical methods | p. 63 |
| Modern views of crystallization | p. 63 |
| Morphology of crystals in elastomers | p. 64 |
| Kinetics of isothermal crystallization | p. 65 |
| Temperature range of crystallization | p. 68 |
| Kinetics of nonisothermal crystallization | p. 73 |
| Melting | p. 74 |
| Effect of mechanical action and other factors on crystallization | p. 79 |
| Effect of the molecular parameters of rubbers and the composition of rubber compounds on crystallization | p. 82 |
| Microcrystallization | p. 91 |
| Prediction of the crystallization rate | p. 94 |
| Stress-induced crystallization of elastomers | p. 97 |
| Kinetics of stress-induced crystallization | p. 97 |
| Morphology in stress-induced crystallization | p. 100 |
| Melting of oriented elastomers | p. 104 |
| Effect of the molecular parameters of rubbers and the composition of rubber compounds on stress-induced crystallization | p. 108 |
| Effect of chain chemical structure, molecular mass and microstructure | p. 108 |
| Effect of vulcanization and filling | p. 110 |
| Strength properties of elastomers at low temperatures | p. 115 |
| Strength of amorphous elastomers at low temperatures | p. 115 |
| Strength of crystallizable elastomers | p. 118 |
| Strength determined by stress-induced crystallization | p. 118 |
| Effect of precrystallization on the strength at low temperatures | p. 122 |
| Contribution of crystallization and glass transition to low-temperature resistance of elastomers | p. 125 |
| Mutual interaction of crystallization and glass transition | p. 125 |
| Effect of crystallization on glass transition | p. 125 |
| Crystallization from the glassy state | p. 128 |
| The ratio of the contributions by crystallization and glass transition to the low-temperature resistance of elastomers | p. 128 |
| Low-temperature resistance of rubber articles | p. 129 |
| Ways to improve the low-temperature resistance of rubber articles | p. 129 |
| Assessment of low-temperature resistance of rubber articles from the low-temperature behaviour data for elastomers | p. 131 |
| Effect of repeated exposure to low temperatures on the performance of rubber articles | p. 133 |
| Reversibility of changes due to glass transition and crystallization | p. 133 |
| Effect of temperature cycling on the performance of rubber articles | p. 133 |
| Low-temperature resistance specifics of particular elastomers | p. 137 |
| Styrene-butadiene rubbers | p. 137 |
| Butadiene acrylonitrile rubbers | p. 139 |
| Isoprene rubbers | p. 140 |
| Butadiene rubbers | p. 142 |
| Chloroprene rubbers | p. 144 |
| Butyl rubber | p. 146 |
| Silicon rubbers | p. 147 |
| Urethane rubbers | p. 149 |
| Thiocol rubbers | p. 150 |
| Fluoroelastomers | p. 151 |
| Acrylate rubbers | p. 151 |
| Ethylene-propylene rubbers | p. 152 |
| Epoxide rubbers | p. 153 |
| Polypentenomers | p. 154 |
| Alternating rubbers | p. 155 |
| References | p. 157 |
| Subject index | p. 183 |
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