Contribution of entanglements to the mechanical properties of carbon black-filled polymer networks

1993 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1109-1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Heinrich ◽  
T. A. Vilgis
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Carbon Black ◽  
Polymer Networks ◽  
Filled Polymer

Physical Adsorption of Polymers on Disordered Filler Surfaces

1995 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert Heinrich ◽  
Thomas A. Vilgis
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Black ◽  
Physical Adsorption ◽  
Polymer Networks ◽  
Particle Surface ◽  
Configurational Entropy ◽  
Polymer Chains ◽  
Filled Polymer ◽  
Fractal Surfaces ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Surface Dimension

Abstract The problem of polymer adsorption on carbon black surfaces is considered within the concept of disorder-induced localization of polymer chains on disordered or fractal surfaces. The model describes how physical adsorption properties are enhanced compared to the adsorption on a flat surface. The difference is based on the configurational entropy which is less restricted in the disordered case than in the flat case. In fact, the surface of the carbon black particles is disordered over certain length scales and several experimental techniques have shown that the particle surface is fractal. This fractal nature can be quantified by the surface spectral density and the noninteger fractal surface dimension. As a main consequence, the coupling between filler and polymer is caused by entanglements formed between tightly adsorbed bound rubber on the filler surface and the bulk rubber far removed from the surface. The corresponding density of couples is estimated for several filled polymer networks using tensile test results. The stress-strain relations used are based on a new rigorous molecular-statistical model of filled polymer networks with quenched topology that includes the entanglements within the mobile rubber phase (configurational tube-model).

Dynamics of Nanoparticle Chain Aggregates of Carbon Under Tension

2003 ◽  
Vol 778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya ◽  
Weizhi Rong ◽  
Yong J. Suh ◽  
Sheldon K. Friedlander
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Carbon Black ◽  
Polymer Film ◽  
Elastic Behavior ◽  
Small Strains ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Chain Aggregates ◽  
Nanoparticle Chains ◽  
Reinforcing Filler

AbstractCarbon black in the form of nanoparticle chains is used as a reinforcing filler in elastomers. However, the dynamics of the filler particles under tension and their role in the improvement of the mechanical properties of rubber are not well understood. We have studied experimentally the dynamics of isolated nanoparticle chain aggregates (NCAs) of carbon made by laser ablation, and also that of carbon black embedded in a polymer film. In situ studies of stretching and contraction of such chains in the transmission electron microscope (TEM) were conducted under different maximum values of strain. Stretching causes initially folded NCA to reorganize into a straight, taut configuration. Further stretching leads to either plastic deformation and breakage (at 37.4% strain) or to a partial elastic behavior of the chain at small strains (e.g. 2.3% strain). For all cases the chains were very flexible under tension. Similar reorientation and stretching was observed for carbon black chains embedded in a polymer film. Such flexible and elastic nature of NCAs point towards a possible mechanism of reinforcement of rubber by carbon black fillers.

scholarly journals Enhancement of Chloroprene/Natural/Butadiene Rubber Nanocomposite Properties Using Organoclays and Their Combination with Carbon Black as Fillers

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1085
Author(s):  
Patricia Castaño-Rivera ◽  
Isabel Calle-Holguín ◽  
Johanna Castaño ◽  
Gustavo Cabrera-Barjas ◽  
Karen Galvez-Garrido ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Carbon Black ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Rubber Matrix ◽  
Butadiene Rubber ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Rubber Blends ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Chloroprene Rubber

Organoclay nanoparticles (Cloisite® C10A, Cloisite® C15) and their combination with carbon black (N330) were studied as fillers in chloroprene/natural/butadiene rubber blends to prepare nanocomposites. The effect of filler type and load on the physical mechanical properties of nanocomposites was determined and correlated with its structure, compatibility and cure properties using Fourier Transformed Infrared (FT-IR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and rheometric analysis. Physical mechanical properties were improved by organoclays at 5–7 phr. Nanocomposites with organoclays exhibited a remarkable increase up to 46% in abrasion resistance. The improvement in properties was attributed to good organoclay dispersion in the rubber matrix and to the compatibility between them and the chloroprene rubber. Carbon black at a 40 phr load was not the optimal concentration to interact with organoclays. The present study confirmed that organoclays can be a reinforcing filler for high performance applications in rubber nanocomposites.

Conductivity and mechanical properties of carbon black-reinforced poly(lactic acid) (PLA/CB) composites

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jipeng Guo ◽  
Chi-Hui Tsou ◽  
Yongqi Yu ◽  
Chin-San Wu ◽  
Xuemei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Carbon Black ◽  
Poly Lactic Acid

How the work of adhesion affects the mechanical properties of silica-filled polymer composites

1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 2406-2416 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Shang ◽  
J. W. Williams ◽  
K. -J. M. Söderholm
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Work Of Adhesion ◽  
Filled Polymer
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