Natural Rubber/Graphene Nanocomposites and Their Applications

Author(s):  
K. B. Bhavitha ◽  
Srinivasarao Yaragalla ◽  
C. H. China Satyanarayana ◽  
Nandakumar Kalarikkal ◽  
Sabu Thomas
2015 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 792-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinivasarao Yaragalla ◽  
Meera A.P. ◽  
Nandakumar Kalarikkal ◽  
Sabu Thomas

2012 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 40-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianella Hernández ◽  
María del Mar Bernal ◽  
Raquel Verdejo ◽  
Tiberio A. Ezquerra ◽  
Miguel A. López-Manchado

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 2439-2447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinivasarao Yaragalla ◽  
C. Sarath Chandran ◽  
Nandakumar Kalarikkal ◽  
R.H.Y. Subban ◽  
Chin Han Chan ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 461-472
Author(s):  
K Anand ◽  
Siby Varghese ◽  
Thomas Kurian

Graphene-related materials such as graphene oxide (GO)/exfoliated graphene oxide (XGO) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) recently achieved much interest in nanocomposite research. In this study, we report the synthesis of RGO by a green route, and its efficacy as a potential filler for radiation-vulcanised natural rubber latex (RVNRL) was explored. The synthesised XGO and RGO suspensions were characterised. The mechanical, morphological and electrical properties of the RVNRL-XGO/RGO nanocomposites were evaluated as a function of filler content. The percolation threshold of the RVNRL-RGO composite was 0.1 wt%. Compared with gum RVNRL, significant improvements in tensile strength and elongation at break were obtained for RVNRL-XGO nanocomposites at 1 wt% XGO loading, indicating increased polymer–filler interaction. The morphological results showed aggregation of filler particles at a concentration of 1.25 wt%.


Author(s):  
P. Sadhukhan ◽  
J. B. Zimmerman

Rubber stocks, specially tires, are composed of natural rubber and synthetic polymers and also of several compounding ingredients, such as carbon black, silica, zinc oxide etc. These are generally mixed and vulcanized with additional curing agents, mainly organic in nature, to achieve certain “designing properties” including wear, traction, rolling resistance and handling of tires. Considerable importance is, therefore, attached both by the manufacturers and their competitors to be able to extract, identify and characterize various types of fillers and pigments. Several analytical procedures have been in use to extract, preferentially, these fillers and pigments and subsequently identify and characterize them under a transmission electron microscope.Rubber stocks and tire sections are subjected to heat under nitrogen atmosphere to 550°C for one hour and then cooled under nitrogen to remove polymers, leaving behind carbon black, silica and zinc oxide and 650°C to eliminate carbon blacks, leaving only silica and zinc oxide.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 680-687
Author(s):  
Ewa Głowińska ◽  
Janusz Datta ◽  
Paulina Parcheta and Natalia Kaźmierczak

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