To verify the feasibility of the determination of the SiH content (HC) of hydrogen silicone oil (HS-oil) with Fourier transform near infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy and attenuated total reflectance (ATR)–Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy combined with the partial least squares regression (PLS-R) model, HS-oil samples were synthesized from concentrated hydrosilicone oil (HC = 1.4 wt %), octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane, and hexamethyldisiloxane or prepared by the dilution of concentrated hydrosilicone oil with octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane. The FT-NIR PLS-R model (8695–4000 cm−1, two principal components) was developed from the FT-NIR spectral data, and the coefficient of determination for cross-validation (R2) and the coefficient of determination for external validation (r2) were 0.992 and 0.995, respectively. The ATR–FTIR PLS-R model (2302–2040 cm−1, one principal component) was developed from the ATR–FTIR spectral data; it produced an R2 of 0.995 and an r2 of 0.996. This study demonstrated that the combination of FT-NIR and ATR–FTIR spectroscopy with the PLS-R model were successfully used to determine the HC of the HS-oil. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 40694.
High-temperature vulcanized silicone rubber was prepared by using allyl-capped carbosilane dendrimers, in which the core molecules were Si(CH2CHCH2)4 and Ph2Si(CH2CHCH2)2 as crosslinker and nanoscale reinforcing filler, respectively. Allyl-capped carbosilane dendrimers improved the mechanical properties of silicone rubber. The optimum tensile strength and tear strength were 9.6 MPa and 31.0 kN/m, respectively, when using SiGn(allyl)m as the crosslinker and 10.1 MPa and 32.0 kN/m, respectively, when using Ph2SiGn(allyl)m as the crosslinker. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 1772–1775, 2006