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RE: TR4 mounts -round or square?

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Subject: RE: TR4 mounts -round or square?
From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:09:03 -0700
Organization: Navcom Tech, Inc


On Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:04 PM, CarlSereda@aol.com 
[SMTP:CarlSereda@aol.com] wrote:
> Shear rates are
> measured in SHORE - whatever that is. He says standard mounts are 50 SHORE he
> sells uprated ones in 70 or 80 Shore.

Shore is actually a standardized measure of the hardness of the rubber, which 
is only loosely related to it's shear rate.  Don't have the details handy, but 
Shore hardness is measured by applying a standard force to a standard tool, and 
measuring how far it sinks into the rubber.

Randall

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