The Dispersion of Carbon Black in Rubber Part IV. The Kinetics of Carbon Black Dispersion in Various Polymers

1994 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Y. Coran ◽  
F. Ignatz-Hoover ◽  
P. C. Smakula

Abstract A rapid technique for evaluating the rate and state of dispersion of carbon black in natural rubber has been extended to study the dispersion of carbon black in various polymers. The technique measures the extent and rate of dispersion of the black in the rubber. The kinetics of dispersion was characterized for a variety of polymers (e.g. SBR, EPDM, IR, IIR, BR and NR). Kinetic parameters were correlated with molecular weight and molecular weight distribution.

1999 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 712-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitladda Tangpakdee Sakdapipanich ◽  
Tippawan Kowitteerawut ◽  
Krisda Suchiva ◽  
Yasuyuki Tanaka

Abstract The linear character of transesterified deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR-TE) was confirmed by the analysis of terminal groups with NMR and viscometric analyses. The branch content of DPNR rubber from fresh latex was found to range from 0.3 to 1.3 and 0.7 to 3.2, based on tri- and tetra-functionalities, respectively. The plot between the number of branch-points and molecular weight (MW) can be divided into three fractions: (A) the rubber fractions in MW ranging from 2.4×105 to 1.9×106; (B) between 1.9×105 and 2.4×105; and (C) those of MW less than 1.9×105. The fraction (A) showed the number of branch-points per a branched molecule (m) higher than that of fractions (B) and (C). This plot is superimposable with the bimodal molecular-weight distribution (MWD) of Hevea rubber, showing a good coinciding of peak-tops at the high and low MW fractions. It seems likely that there is a close relationship between the number of branch-point and bimodal MWD of natural rubber.


The polymerization of carbonic anhydrides, a reaction important but>u as a preparative method for the synthesis of polypeptides and as an example of a less familiar type of polymerization, has been studied in detail using sarcosine carbonic anhydride (I). The propagation reaction has been shown to involve a reversibly formed compound between the carbonic anhydride and the polymer; this compound decomposes by both a unimolecular and a bimolecular route. The equilibrium constant for the formation of the intermediate compound, and both velocity constants for its decomposition have been determined in two solvents, and the energies of activation and frequency factors calculated. The molecular weight distribution has been calculated; it is extremely sharp. The viscosities of the polymers prepared by this reaction have been measured, and the relation between the intrinsic viscosity and the molecular weight established.


1949 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 680-689
Author(s):  
W. E. Mochel ◽  
J. B. Nichols ◽  
C. J. Mighton

Abstract Polychloroprene rubber (Neoprene Type GN) was fractionated by partial precipitation from dilute solution in benzene and the fractions were examined both osmotically and viscometrically in benzene solutions. The molecular-weight distribution curve for Neoprene Type GN based on osmotic pressure measurements shows a pronounced maximum at 100,000, but has a long extension to molecular weights of over one million, indicating the presence of branched or cross-linked material which is still soluble. The uniformity is somewhat less than that of sol natural rubber, while in shape the Neoprene distribution curve resembles more closely that of peptized natural rubber than fresh sol rubber. Observed variations in the slopes of the π/c vs. c and the ηsp/c vs. c curves also indicate the presence in solution of complex, branched and (or) cross-linked molecules. Calibration of the intrinsic viscosity-molecular weight relationship by osmotic pressure measurements gave good agreement with the equation: [η]=KMa, where K=1.46×10−4 and a=0.73.


2012 ◽  
Vol 557-559 ◽  
pp. 947-951
Author(s):  
Yong Zhou Wang ◽  
Ping Yue Wang ◽  
Bei Long Zhang ◽  
Hong Hai Huang ◽  
Li Ding ◽  
...  

The properties of raw constant viscosity natural rubber were measured using a rubber processing analyzer. The results show that the rubber processing analyzer can characterize well the effect of viscosity stabilizer on the dynamic mechanical properties of raw constant viscosity rubber by applied strain sweep or frequency sweep. In linear viscoelastic region, the increment of the dynamic torque S’ of the constant viscosity natural rubber prepared with hydroxylamine hydrochloride decreases with the increase in the level of hydroxylamine hydrochloride . In the range of low frequency, the increment of the dynamic modulus G’ of constant viscosity natural rubber prepared with hydroxylamine hydrochloride is obvious lower than those of natural rubber and constant viscosity natural rubber prepared with aniline. G’ of the constant viscosity natural rubber prepared with aniline is just only a little higher than that of natural rubber. Hydroxylamine hydrochloride and aniline can decrease the molecular weight of rubber, and change the molecular weight distribution. The dynamical properties of constant viscosity natural rubber are dependent on the molecular weight and the molecular weight distribution.


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