Processing of styrene butadiene rubber–carbon black nanocomposites with gradation of crosslink density: Static and dynamic mechanical characterization

2008 ◽  
Vol 491 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 454-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.S. Ahankari ◽  
Kamal K. Kar
2021 ◽  
pp. 096739112110313
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abdel-Hakim ◽  
Soma A el-Mogy ◽  
Ahmed I Abou-Kandil

Blending of rubber is an important route to modify properties of individual elastomeric components in order to obtain optimum chemical, physical, and mechanical properties. In this study, a novel modification of styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) is made by employing acrylic rubber (ACM) to obtain blends of outstanding mechanical, dynamic, and oil resistance properties. In order to achieve those properties, we used a unique vulcanizing system that improves the crosslink density between both polymers and enhances the dynamic mechanical properties as well as its resistance to both motor and break oils. Static mechanical measurements, tensile strength, elongation at break, and hardness are improved together with dynamic mechanical properties investigated using dynamic mechanical analyses. We also proposed a mechanism for the improvement of crosslink density and consequently oil resistance properties. This opens new opportunities for using SBR/ACM blends in oil sealing applications that requires rigorous mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties.


2018 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 12006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indra Surya ◽  
Hanafi Ismail

By using a semi-efficient sulphur vulcanisation system, the effects of alkanolamide (ALK) addition on cure characteristics, crosslink density and tensile properties of carbon black (CB)-filled styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) compounds were investigated. The ALK was prepared from Refined Bleached Deodorized Palm Stearin and diethanolamine and added into the CB-filled SBR compounds. The ALK loadings were 1.0, 3.0, 5.0 and 7.0 phr. It was found that ALK decreased the scorch and cure times of the CB-filled SBR compounds. ALK also improved the tensile modulus and tensile strength; especially up to a 5.0 phr of loading. The crosslink density measurement proved that the 5.0 phr of ALK exhibited the highest degree of crosslink density which caused the highest in tensile modulus and tensile strength. Due to its plasticity effect, ALK increased the elongation at break of the CB-filled SBR vulcanisates.


2013 ◽  
Vol 812 ◽  
pp. 236-240
Author(s):  
Mohd Zaki Nurul Ayunie ◽  
Ahmad Zafir Romli ◽  
M.A. Wahab ◽  
Mohd Hanafiah Abidin

The effects of epoxidized palm oil (EPO) content in carbon black filled styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) on tensile strength, elongation at break and crosslink density were investigated. Five different loadings of EPO in parts per hundred rubbers (phr) were used to test the tensile strength of the carbon black filled SBR which showed a decreasing trend as the content of EPO in the vulcanizates increased. In contrast, elongation at break showed the opposite trend where the elongation at break increased as the content of the EPO increased. The SBR vulcanizates with the highest content of EPO gave the highest value of elongation at break which is 2393.56%. In the case of swelling index, it was found to increase as the amount of EPO increased.


2013 ◽  
Vol 748 ◽  
pp. 206-210
Author(s):  
Mohd Zaki Nurul Ayunie ◽  
A.Z. Romli ◽  
M.A. Wahab ◽  
M.H. Abidin

The study about natural oils as processing aids in rubber was reported by several researchers for the past few years. The natural oils like rice bran oils, soybean oils, sunflower oils, vegetables oils and palm oils can be used as processing oils in rubber compounding [1-3]. These natural oils have been reported to have certain advantages compared to the petroleum based processing oils. In this study the potential of epoxidized palm oils (EPO) as additive and processing oils in carbon black filled styrene butadiene rubber was investigated. The main ingredients used were butadiene rubber (SBR), epoxidized palm oil (EPO) and carbon black. The vulcanized SBR rubber is then undergo several testing like swelling test, hardness and rebound resilience. An attempt was made to see whether the amount of EPO added to the SBR vulcanizates will affect the rebound resilience and swelling behaviour of the SBR vulcanizates. From this study, it was found that the compound contained higher EPO content tend to have lower rebound resilience, similar trend can be observed for hardness properties. While the crosslink density of the vulcanizates is decrease as the EPO content increases.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 933
Author(s):  
Kiwon Hwang ◽  
Hyunsung Mun ◽  
Wonho Kim

Tread is an important component that directly affects the performance of passenger car radial (PCR) tires. Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) is mainly used for tire tread and it includes solution styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) and emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESBR). Although SSBR is mainly used, the manufacturing process for SSBR is more challenging than ESBR, which is environmentally friendly, but has the disadvantage of a broad molecular weight distribution. To overcome this, a reversible addition-fragmentation radical transfer (RAFT) polymerization technique is used in ESBR polymerization. An environmentally friendly RAFT ESBR with a narrow dispersity can be polymerized. Here, carbon black-filled compounds were manufactured while using RAFT ESBR, and their properties were compared to ESBR. The analysis showed a low crosslink density of RAFT ESBR, due to the high polysulfide crosslink structure. We manufactured a carbon black-filled compound with the same crosslink density and structure as the ESBR carbon black-filled compound, and the effect of the dispersity of the base polymer was investigated. RAFT ESBR showed 9% better abrasion resistance and 29% better fuel efficiency than ESBR, according to the analysis of the data. The narrow dispersity can reduce energy loss and positively influence the abrasion resistance and fuel efficiency.


2008 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 842-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suman Mitra ◽  
Santanu Chattopadhyay ◽  
Anil K. Bhowmick

Abstract Nano-sized styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) latex gels were prepared by pre-vulcanizing SBR latex with different sulfur to accelerator ratios. These gels were characterized by swelling studies, dynamic light scattering, atomic force microscopy, mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties. With the increase in sulfur to accelerator ratio, the gels had higher amount of crosslink density and gel content. Particle size distribution did not alter much in the crosslinked gels. Incorporation of these nanogels into raw SBR led to the considerable drop in viscosity of the gel filled systems under capillary melt flow conditions. However, the reduction in viscosity was found to be dependent on the loading and crosslink density of the nanogels. Energy dispersive X-ray mapping of sulfur was used to check the dispersion of these gels into raw SBR matrix. The die swell values of gel filled SBR were much lower than that of the raw SBR. The reduction in principal normal stress difference values combined with the reinforcement effect of the gels was found to be responsible for the lowering of die swell values. Scanning electron photomicrographs of extrudates of gel filled systems showed much-improved surface smoothness compared to the unfilled SBR. The mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties also showed excellent improvement in modulus with the addition of gels in the raw rubber. A new empirical relationship was proposed to explain the reinforcement properties of nanogels as viscoelastic fillers.


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