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7stresses in an elastomeric component at different temperatures. Because an analogous situation in the linear theory of viscoelas-ticity has proven to be very useful @3#, the method presented here is referred to as the correspondence principle for scission/healing materials. The proposed correspondence principle is restricted to condi-tions when the deformation is fixed and the temperature is spa-tially uniform. There are applications when these conditions should be at least approximately satisfied. For example, if the surface temperature of a seal is increased, the time required for the temperature field within the seal to become uniform may be small compared to the time for there to be significant scission. Also, a seal may be subjected to a large initial deformation and then small superposed deformations as, for example, would occur if the seal chemorheological temperature, the stress decreased with time. At the end of the specified time interval, the external force was re-duced to zero and the specimen was returned to its original tem-perature. The specimen was observed to have a permanent stretch. Tests were carried out for different applied stretches, tempera-tures, and time intervals. The decrease in tensile stress with time and the permanent stretch were measured. Results of more recent experiments can be found in the article by Wineman, Jones, and Sha