Nānā kēia ʻatikala i ka hopena o ke ʻano catalyst platinum a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā kinetics crosslinking o ka lāʻau silicone hoʻōla hou. Nā ʻano mea hoʻoheheʻe: Speier catalyst (chloroplatinic acid, Pt⁴⁺) pono e hōʻemi i nā ʻano mea haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ikaika, e hana ana ma ke ʻano he precatalyst; Hoʻokomo pololei ʻo Karstedt catalyst (Pt⁰ me divinyltetramethyldisiloxane) i ka pōʻai catalytic. Nā hopena ʻano: Hōʻike ʻo Speier i ka manawa hoʻokomo ʻōlelo me ke ʻano S-like curing curve (hoʻolohi i ka wā mua, hoʻolalelale ʻia ma hope) a me ka ikehu hoʻāla ʻoi aʻe; ʻAʻole hōʻike ʻo Karstedt i ka induction, kiʻekiʻe ka helu mua me ka exotherm koi, ka ikehu hoʻāla haʻahaʻa.

I ka wā o ka sintering, hehee nā ʻāpana PTFE ma ka lole fiberglass ma luna o 327°C, e luku ana i nā lamellae i pelu ʻia a me nā palena ʻāpana e hana i ka hehee amorphous. Ma ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana, hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia ka PTFE i loko o nā spherulites i haku ʻia me nā lamellae radially oriented, me ka crystallinity mai 50-70%. Hoʻoholo ka helu hoʻoluʻu i ka hemolele kristal: ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana i ka crystallinity, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā spherulites, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī; ʻO ke kinai wikiwiki e hāʻawi i nā spherulites maikaʻi a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maʻalahi.