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POLYCHLOROPRENE (NEOPRENE)

MATERIAL SURFACE FINISH; ELASTOMER

FINISH DESCRIPTION REPLICATION PROCESS
1. 2.
Primed
Neoprene usually comes in a muted black colour. It appears to be a very tight knit fabric
woven in very thin rows, from afar it looks to be a solid black as it is so tighly woven together. template
Up close the material looks the same as a cotton or t-shirt material. sprayed black.

RATIONALE BEHIND CHOICE + Chosen

material
It is a very uniform and aligned material. I feel it will be beneficial to be able to replicate pattern.
such a neat form. It gives the appearance of being very professional and strong.

ATTRIBUTES/ TECHNICAL SPECS

• Maintains flexibility over a wide temperature range.
• High tensile strength 3. Thick layer of
black spray
• Resilience
• Oil and flame resistant paint.
• High cost limits its use to special-properties applications.
Material sample
APPLICATIONS + SAMPLE IMAGE pressed into
taky paint.
• Waders and Wet suits
• Laptop Sleeves Peel away
• Orthopaedic braces (wrist, knee, etc.) material.
• Electrical insulation

MANUFACTURE PROCESS Final swatch
with the imprint.
A synthetic rubber produced by the polymerization (linking together of single molecules into
giant, multiple-unit molecules) of chloroprene.
In modern production it is obtained by the chlorination of butadiene or isoprene. In order to Tested out
process chloroprene into rubber, it is emulsified in water and then polymerized through the different material
action of free-radical initiators. In the result, a polymer chain. This polymer tends to crystallize samples but the
and harden slowly at temperatures below about 10 °C. It also crystallizes on stretching, so material with the
cured components are strong even without the addition of fillers. thin lines, tight
togther gave the

most smililar effect.