On the degree of crystallinity in natural rubber IV

1949 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Goppel ◽  
J. J. Arlman

2021 ◽  
Vol 285 ◽  
pp. 07034
Author(s):  
Yulia Tertyshnaya ◽  
Maksim Zakharov ◽  
Alina Ivanitskikh ◽  
Anatoliy Popov

In the work an eco-friendly non-woven fiber made of polylactide and natural rubber with a rubber content from 0 to 15 wt.% was obtained by electrospinning. The influence of distilled water and UV irradiation on the agrofibers has been investigated. The water sorption test showed that the addition of natural rubber into the polylactide matrix does not significantly affect the degree of water absorption of the fibrous materials, which is in the range of 49-50.6%. Thermal characteristics after 180 days of degradation in distilled water at 22±2 oC and UV irradiation at a wavelength of 365 nm during 100 hours were determined using the differential scanning calorimetry. Changes in the values for glass transition and melting temperatures, and the degree of crystallinity were determined.



Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 3536
Author(s):  
Indra Surya ◽  
Kamaruddin Waesateh ◽  
Abdulhakim Masa ◽  
Nabil Hayeemasae

Halloysite Nanotubes (HNT) are chemically similar to clay, which makes them incompatible with non-polar rubbers such as natural rubber (NR). Modification of NR into a polar rubber is of interest. In this work, Epoxidized Natural Rubber (ENR) was prepared in order to obtain a composite that could assure filler–matrix compatibility. However, the performance of this composite was still not satisfactory, so an alternative to the basic HNT filler was pursued. The surface area of HNT was further increased by etching with acid; the specific surface increased with treatment time. The FTIR spectra confirmed selective etching on the Al–OH surface of HNT with reduction in peak intensity in the regions 3750–3600 cm−1 and 825–725 cm−1, indicating decrease in Al–OH structures. The use of acid-treated HNT improved modulus, tensile strength, and tear strength of the filled composites. This was attributed to the filler–matrix interactions of acid-treated HNT with ENR. Further evidence was found from the Payne effect being reduced to 44.2% through acid treatment of the filler. As for the strain-induced crystallization (SIC) in the composites, the stress–strain curves correlated well with the degree of crystallinity observed from synchrotron wide-angle X-ray scattering.



1950 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Goppel ◽  
J. J. Arlman

Abstract An improved x-ray technique has been worked out to determine the degree of crystallinity in natural rubber. Inaccuracies which sometimes occur in quantitative x-ray measurements were eliminated, and it has been shown that the amount of crystalline rubber, both in frozen samples of raw rubber and in stretched vulcanized rubber, could be determined fairly accurately. More experiments were carried out and the results are described. These results, which confirm the current views on the problem of crystallization, point to relatively low degress of crystallization, even in highly stretched rubber, and they agree with some other experimental evidence and with a recent theoretical investigation.



1950 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Arlman

Abstract In 1925 Katz discovered the crystallization of stretched rubber. In the following years several investigators tried to determine the structure of rubber crystallites. The densities of the rubber crystallites calculated from the results of these investigations varied strongly. The results of x-ray and density measurements on crude rubber carried out by the author can be made to correspond only when the latter are based on the unit cell of Bunn. It is shown by experiment that, to measure the correct degree of crystallization, it is necessary to use monochromatic x-rays.







1962 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Barrie ◽  
B. Platt

Abstract An important property of a polymer matrix which has a marked effect on the diffusion and sorption of vapors in polymer films is the degree of crystallinity. It is well established that the presence of crystallites leads to a decrease in both vapor solubility and permeability. Even so it is only recently that attempts have been made to relate these properties quantitatively with the degree of crystallinity. Most of this work was conducted with unstrained crystalline material, and relatively few data are available for stretched polymers either crystalline or noncrystalline. It was the main object of this work to investigate in more detail interrelations of vapor solubility, vapor permeability, and degree of crystallinity or orientation. The system hydrocarbon vapor-vulcanized natural rubber has been extensively characterized with respect to vapor permeability and solubility for regions of low penetrant concentration in the temperature range 30–60° C. As such it affords a useful reference state for studying the effect on either of these properties of a given degree of crystallinity or of orientation induced by subjecting the rubber to a simple elongation. Further, compared with unstretched semicrystalline polymers, the morphology of stretched rubber is comparatively straightforward, complex spherulitic growths being absent. In Part I of this paper we present and discuss solubility data obtained for isomeric hydrocarbons in stretched vulcanized natural rubber. The corresponding diffusion data are dealt with in Part II (following article, this issue). Throughout the investigation the degree of crosslinking was maintained constant.



1950 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Arlman ◽  
J. M. Goppel

Abstract A recent theory, developed by Flory, makes it possible to calculate the degree of crystallization from thermodynamical measurements if certain parameters are properly evaluated. Such evaluation is possible by combining Wildschut's thermodynamical measurements with the x-ray results presented in previous papers. Thus the average length of molecule chains between cross-linkages can be derived; it closely corresponds to the results of swelling measurements carried out by Gee. Other parameters are also evaluated in agreement with their physical meaning.



Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 461
Author(s):  
Yulia Tertyshnaya ◽  
Maria Podzorova ◽  
Maksim Moskovskiy

A nonwoven fiber made of polylactide/natural rubber with a rubber content from 0 to 15 wt.% was obtained by electrospinning from a solution. The water sorption test showed that the addition of natural rubber into the polylactide matrix did not significantly affect the degree of water absorption of the fibers, which was in the range of 48.9–50.6%. The melt flow rate only increased by 0.5 g/10 min at a content of 15 wt.% natural rubber. The thermal characteristics after 120 days of degradation in distilled water and UV irradiation (50 h) at a wavelength of 365 nm were determined using differential scanning calorimetry. Changes in the values of the phase transition temperatures and the degree of crystallinity were determined. It was determined that the fiber samples from all compositions retained the propensity for photo- and hydrolytic degradation.



1948 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 783-789
Author(s):  
J. M. Goppel

Abstract In the foregoing article a method for determining the proportion of crystalline rubber in stretched samples has been described. A complication due to varying crystallite orientation in different samples appeared to interfere with the application. A simple relation is given between the degree of orientation and an empirical constant which makes possible a rapid determination of the degree of crystallization, regardless of the orientation in the sample under investigation.



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