02-23-2021, 07:02 AM
(02-22-2021, 09:21 AM)cliffyk Wrote: Most materials shrink when they cool¹--however the final cure of this stuff is not a cooling process but rather further polymerization.I have worked with this stuff quite a bit and it is dimensionally stable - zero shrink when it cures - so I was surprised that these polymers grow. Typical materials shrink or stay stable, except things affected by humidity so this is a bit of a paradigm shift for me.
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¹ - There are low-melting point fusible alloys containing bismuth. iridium and the like that expand when they solidify--or shrink at frst then grow sometime after.