1. Understanding the Structure of High-Polymer TPE To understand why higher temperatures are required, we must first understand what high-polymer TPE means. TPE is not a single polymer but a family of materials composed of two phases: a soft elastomeric phase and a hard thermoplastic phase. In high-polymer or high-molecular-weight TPE, the polymer chains are […]

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