Vulcanization of Elastomers. 40. Vulcanization of Natural Rubber and Synthetic Rubber with Sulfur in Presence of Sulfenamides. III

1965 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Scheele ◽  
J. Helberg
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Sulfur Concentration ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
Synthetic Rubber ◽  
Chemical Constitution ◽  
Induction Times ◽  
Kinetics Of

Abstract Vulcanization of natural rubber with sulfur was studied in presence of six sulfenamides, to determine the effect of the chemical constitution of the sulfenamide on sulfur decrease and on crosslinking. The results can be condensed as follows: (1) The kinetics of sulfur disappearance is in every respect qualitatively independent of the chemical constitution of the sulfenamide. (2) For the sulfenamides investigated, the smallest and largest rate constants for sulfur decrease differed only by a factor of two. (3) Greater differences are encountered in the induction times for sulfur decrease and for crosslinking. The latter are notably longer than those for sulfur disappearance. (4) The same activation energy, 23 kcal/mole, is derived from the temperature dependence of the induction times for all the sulfenamides. (5) The dissociation of sulfenamides in solution and their reaction with mercaptobenzothiazole were investigated further. The results provide the basis for a proposed reaction mechanism, which is presented in detail and can account for a number of the features typical of sulfenamide-accelerated vulcanization. (6) The drop in sulfur concentration goes at practically the same rate, if one introduces, instead of N, N-dicyclohexyl-2-benzothiazolesulfenamide, the corresponding ammonium mercaptide in equimolar concentration.

Vulcanization of Elastomers. 28. Vulcanization of Natural and Synthetic Rubbers with Sulfur in the Absence of Accelerators. I

1960 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 1051-1061
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Echte ◽  
Walter Scheele ◽  
Sigrun Sonnenberg
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Zero Order ◽  
Sulfur Concentration ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
Sulfur Solubility ◽  
Temperature Relation ◽  
Sulfur Vulcanization ◽  
Rate Relationship ◽  
Kinetics Of

Abstract The decrease of sulfur concentration in the reaction of sulfur with natural rubber was studied. The following was found : 1. Sulfur decrease follows the 0.6th order law independent of temperature as long as the sulfur is dissolved in the gum (temperature!). From the rate-temperature relation, an activation energy of 35 kcal/mole is calculated. 2. In an investigation of the kinetics of sulfur concentration at constant temperature but increasing starting concentration, the following two cases can be differentiated : a) As long as the sulfur is soluble in the gum, sulfur decrease still follows the 0.6th order, possibly due to autocatalysis ; the linear relationship between starting rate and starting concentration shows that the process is 1st order with respect to the concentration; this may be the consequence of a thermal, rate determining cleavage of the S8 ring. b) As the sulfur at higher concentration is only incompletely soluble in the gum, conversion curves with points of inflection are found ; this becomes more pronounced at higher concentration. At the start of the reaction one finds an autocatalytic sulfur decrease basically of zero order; in the latter part of the reaction after passing the point of inflection a 0.6th order is observed, as in the range of complete sulfur solubility. 3. A discrepancy between the time law and the concentration-rate relationship is found in pure as well as accelerated sulfur vulcanization ; these conditions are compared and discussed.

The Vulcanization of Elastomers. XI. The Vulcanization of Natural Rubber with Sulfur in the Presence of Mercaptobenzothiazole. I

1957 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 911-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto Lorenz ◽  
Elisabeth Echte
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Kinetic Analysis ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Zinc Salt ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
Minimum Quantity ◽  
First Order

Abstract 1. The decrease of free sulfur occurs according to the first order law during the vulcanization of natural rubber accelerated by mercaptobenzothiazole in the presence of zinc oxide. The activating energy for this reaction amounts to 30.5 kcal./mole. 2. If zinc benzothiazolylmercaptide is used as an accelerator, one obtains the same rate constants for the sulfur decrease as in the presence of mercaptobenzothiazole. These seem to be equivalent as regards their effectiveness of acceleration. 3. A kinetic analysis of the reciprocal swelling, which represents a measure of network formation, indicates that the reaction is first order. Sulfur decrease and reciprocal swelling prove to be equal processes as regards rate. This is true where vulcanization is accelerated with mercaptobenzothiazole or with the zinc salt. 4. During vulcanization there occurs a decrease of accelerator concentration. This is dependent upon the temperature and is tied in with the combination sulfur with rubber. 5. If the quantity of the accelerator added is changed, the rate constants for sulfur decrease and for reciprocal swelling do not change, provided that a minimum quantity of accelerator is present. 6. In vulcanization accelerated with zinc benzothiazolylmercaptide, zinc oxide being absent, sulfur decrease again occurs according to the first order law but considerably faster, without thereby changing the activation energy. These investigations are being continued and the results will be discussed in detail in relation to other published contributions in this field.

Effect of CMCS on Vulcanization Kinetics of Natural Rubber

2012 ◽  
Vol 535-537 ◽  
pp. 1214-1217
Author(s):  
Yong Zhou Wang ◽  
Hong Xing Gui ◽  
Tao Chen ◽  
Hong Hai Huang ◽  
Fu Quan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Induction Period ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Carboxymethyl Chitosan ◽  
Curing Period ◽  
Vulcanization Kinetics ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Work Effect

In this work, effect of carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS) on vulcanization kinetics of natural rubber was studied using the Rheometer MDR2000.The results showed that both the rate constants of induction period and curing period of natural rubber (K-N) was greater than that of natural rubber added CMCS and the dosage is 0.05% of fresh latex (CMCS-1), but less than that of natural rubber added CMCS and the dosage is 0.1% of fresh latex (CMCS-2), and the activation energy 100.8kJ/mol of induction period of K-N is greater than the activation energy 96.7kJ/mol, 93.7kJ/mol of induction period of CMCS-1, CMCS-2, respectively and that the activation energy 104.4 kJ/mol of curing period of K-N is less than the activation energy111.9kJ/mol of curing period of CMCS-1, and bigger than the activation energy 103.4 of CMCS-2 at the same temperature.

Vulcanization of Elastomers. 39. Vulcanization of Natural and Synthetic Rubbers by Sulfur and Sulfenamides. II

1965 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Scheele ◽  
G. Kerrutt
Keyword(s):  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Concentration Dependence ◽  
Intermediate Compound ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Molar Ratios ◽  
Induction Periods ◽  
Induction Times ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Kinetics Of Vulcanization

Abstract The dependence of the kinetics of vulcanization of natural rubber by sulfur in presence of N-cyclohexyl-benzothiazolylsulfenamide (CHBS) on temperature and for varied molar ratios of accelerator and sulfur was more exactly investigated. 1. Although the vulcanization of natural rubber accelerated with N-cyclohexyl-benzothiazolylsulfenamide with conventional experimental conditions is characterized by very long induction times, nevertheless—as also for other accelerated vulcanization reactions—sulfur decrease follows a time law with nt<1 and the activation energy, as in other cases, is calculated to be 29 kcal/mole. 2. The value nt=0.6 is found for the exponent of the time law, independent of temperature and concentration of reactants. 3. The concentration dependence of the rate of sulfur decrease under conditions of constant sulfur content and increasing sulfenamide concentration is found to be consistent with catalysis by an intermediate compound. 4. The actual accelerator may be essentially cyclohexylammonium-benzothiazoylmercaptide. 5. The temperature and concentration dependence of the induction periods for sulfur decrease and crosslinking were investigated. The course of crosslinking with reaction time, which is characterized by strong reversion, is discussed.

Vulcanization of Elastomers. 21. Vulcanization of Natural Rubber with Thiuram Disulfides. VI

1959 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 566-576
Author(s):  
Walter Scheele ◽  
Klaus Hummel
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Sulfur Content ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Order Reaction ◽  
First Order Reaction ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
First Order ◽  
Limiting Value

Abstract Bound sulfur in a pure thiuram vulcanizate increases relatively rapidly at first at all temperatures, reaches a poorly defined maximum at about 27 to 30%, independent of temperature, and then recedes slightly to reach a limiting value of 25% also independent of temperature, based on the original thiuram disulfide. The rise in sulfur content at the start points to a temperature-independent limiting value of 33%. It is shown that the combination of sulfur in this region initially follows a first order reaction, and goes at the same rate as the reduction in concentration of thiuram disulfide. It can be seen from the above that sulfur may be combined in thiuram vulcanization without simultaneous crosslinking. The dithiocarbamate formation increases rapidly in the region of longer vulcanization times, after the maximum in bound sulfur has been reached, without further combination of sulfur with the vulcanizate. The rate constants for thiuram decrease, for dithiocarbamate increase and for sulfur combination were calculated. The temperature dependence of each of these reactions has practically the same activation energy, 23 kcal/mole. The bound sulfur content of the vulcanizates in pure thiuram vulcanizations is no criterion of the state of vulcanization.

The kinetics of dehydroxylation of kaolinite

Clay Minerals ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. T. Redfern
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Kinetic Analysis ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Avrami Equation ◽  
Isothermal Thermogravimetry ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Homogeneous Models ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Fraction Method

AbstractThe dehydroxylation of kaolinite has been investigated by isothermal thermogravimetry. Kinetic analysis using the Avrami equation shows that a combination of atomic mechanisms operates throughout the temperature range 734 K to 890 K. An empirical activation energy of 222 kJ mol-1 was calculated from the Arrhenius relationship using rate constants based on diffusion and homogeneous models. The activation energy (Ea) was calculated for a series of degrees of dehydroxylation by the time to a given fraction method, showing an increase in Ea during the early stages of the reaction. The isothermal plots indicate that OH is retained in the final stages of the reaction. The observations are explained in terms of a reaction mechanism in which kaolinite grains dehydroxylate from the edges inwards, parallel to (001).

Vulcanization Kinetics of Natural Rubber Coagulated by Microorganisms with Use of a Vulcameter

2010 ◽  
Vol 160-162 ◽  
pp. 1181-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Feng Wang ◽  
Si Dong Li ◽  
Xiao Dong She
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Order Reaction ◽  
First Order Reaction ◽  
First Order ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
End Stage ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Kinetics Of

Kinetics of vulcanization of natural rubber coagulated by microorganisms (NR-m) was studied with the use of a vulcameter. In the induction period of vulcanization, the time t0 of NR-m is shorter than that of natural rubber coagulated by acid (NR-a), and the rate constant k1/a of NR-m are greater than that of NR-a. Both the curing periods of NR-m and NR-a consist of two stages. The first stage follows first-order reaction. The rate constants k2 of NR-m in the first stage are greater than that of NR-a at the same temperature, and so are the activation energy E2. The second stage (end stage of the curing period) does not follow first-order reaction, and the calculated reaction order n of NR-m is in the range of 0.82-0.85, and that of NR-a is in the range of 0.64-0.72. The rate constants k3 of the second stage for NR -m are greater than that of NR-a at the same temperature, and so is the activation energy E3.

Studies of the Vulcanization of High Elastic Polymers. III. Vulcanization of Natural Rubber with Thiuram Disulfides. Part 3

1956 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Scheele ◽  
Otto Lorenz ◽  
Wilhelm Dummer
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Absolute Temperature ◽  
Order Reaction ◽  
Steric Factor ◽  
Linear Functions ◽  
Kinetic Investigation ◽  
First Order ◽  
Chemical Constitution ◽  
Kinetics Of

Abstract The present paper, which relates again to the problem of the kinetics of thiuram vulcanization, has led to the following results : 1. The velocity constants kTD of the interaction of tetramethyl-, tetraethyl-, and tetrapropylthiuram disulfides with natural rubber, which proceeds according to a first-order reaction, are linear functions of the reciprocal of the absolute temperature. This is true also of the velocity constants kDC of the dithiocarbamate formation. 2. The activation energies of both reactions are independent of the particular chemical constitution of the thiuram disulfide involved. 3. The different thiuram disulfides vary with respect to their reaction with rubber only by the steric factor. 4. The reaction mechanism of thiuram vulcanization has been discussed in the light of the results of the kinetic investigation. These studies are being continued.

THE KINETICS OF THE REACTION OF ORGANIC ISOTHIOCYANATES WITH 1-OCTANOL IN o-DICHLOROBENZENE

1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 2369-2375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshio Iwakura ◽  
Hisao Okada
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Catalytic Effect ◽  
Relative Rate ◽  
Slow Step ◽  
Dibutyltin Dilaurate ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
Large Excess ◽  
First Order ◽  
Kinetics Of

The kinetics of the reaction of organic isothiocyanates with a large excess of 1-octanol in o-dichlorobenzene was examined at 90–140°. The rate of the reaction was first order with respect to the concentration of isothiocyanate, but the apparent second-order rate constants calculated varied according to the initial 1-octanol concentration. These facts can be explained by a reaction mechanism involving two molecules of 1-octanol in the transition state for the slow step of the reaction. The relative rate of the reaction of isothiocyanates with 1-octanol at 120° decreased in the order of benzyl, phenyl, allyl, ethyl, n-butyl, n-hexyl, isobutyl, and cyclohexyl isothiocyanate. The apparent energies of activation and log A were obtained as 13.5–16.5 kcal/mole and 4.65–6.46 (A in liter/mole min), respectively. Tributylamine had a slight catalytic effect, but dibutyltin dilaurate and ferric acetylacetonate had a strong catalytic action in these reactions.

Vulcanization of Elastomers. 23. The Chemical Kinetics of Vulcanization Reactions and The Physical Properties of The Vulcanizates. I

1960 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-341
Author(s):  
Walter Scheele ◽  
Karl-Heinz Hillmer
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Chemical Kinetics ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
First Order ◽  
Equilibrium Swelling ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Kinetics Of Vulcanization ◽  
Limiting Value ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract As a complement to earlier investigations, and in order to examine more closely the connection between the chemical kinetics and the changes with vulcanization time of the physical properties in the case of vulcanization reactions, we used thiuram vulcanizations as an example, and concerned ourselves with the dependence of stress values (moduli) at different degrees of elongation and different vulcanization temperatures. We found: 1. Stress values attain a limiting value, dependent on the degree of elongation, but independent of the vulcanization temperature at constant elongation. 2. The rise in stress values with the vulcanization time is characterized by an initial delay, which, however, is practically nonexistent at higher temperatures. 3. The kinetics of the increase in stress values with vulcanization time are both qualitatively and quantitatively in accord with the dependence of the reciprocal equilibrium swelling on the vulcanization time; both processes, after a retardation, go according to the first order law and at the same rate. 4. From the temperature dependence of the rate constants of reciprocal equilibrium swelling, as well as of the increase in stress, an activation energy of 22 kcal/mole can be calculated, in good agreement with the activation energy of dithiocarbamate formation in thiuram vulcanizations.

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