Tensile Strength of Gum and Reinforced EPR and SBR Vulcanizates

1964 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 818-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Dudek ◽  
F. Bueche

Abstract The tensile strength and elongation at break of EPR and SBR gum vulcanizates were determined as a function of network chain density. A large viscous contribution to the tensile force was found at low crosslink density, and the maximum in the tensile strength versus chain density curve decreased as more nearly equilibrium conditions were approached. The rate dependence of tensile strength of black-filled EPR was studied by creep rupture experiments. The temperature dependence of the tensile strength of filled EPR and SBR was studied and compared. The same limiting degree of cure was obtained for both filled and gum vulcanizates of EPR.

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 01030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indra Surya ◽  
Syahrul Fauzi Siregar ◽  
Hanafi Ismail

Effects of alkanolamide (ALK) addition on cure characteristics, swelling behaviour and tensile properties of silica-filled natural rubber (NR)/chloroprene rubber (CR) blends were investigated. The ALK was synthesized from Refined Bleached Deodorized Palm Stearin (RBDPS) and diethanolamine, and incorporated into the silica-filled NR/CR blends as a non-toxic rubber additive. The ALK loadings were 0.0, 1.0, 3.0, 5.0 and 7.0 phr. It was found that the ALK exhibited shorter scorch and cure times and higher elongation at break of the silica-filled NR/CR blends. The ALK also exhibited higher torque differences, tensile modulus and tensile strength at a 1.0 phr of ALK loading and then decreased with further increases in the ALK loading. The swelling measurement proved that the 1.0 phr loading of ALK caused the highest degree in crosslink density of the silica-filled NR/CR blends.


1961 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 897-909
Author(s):  
Thor L. Smith ◽  
Paul J. Stedry

Abstract A study was made previously of the temperature and strain rate dependence of the stress at break (tensile strength) and the ultimate elongation of an unfilled SBR rubber. In that study, stress-strain curves to the point of rupture were measured with an Instron tensile tester on ring type specimens at 14 temperatures between −67.8° and 93.3° C, and at 11 strain rates between 0.158×10−3 and 0.158 sec−1 at most temperatures. The tensile strength was found to increase with both increasing strain rate and decreasing temperature. At all temperatures above −34.4° C, the ultimate elongation was likewise found to increase with increasing strain rate and decreasing temperature but at lower temperatures the opposite dependence on rate was observed; at −34.4° C, the ultimate elongation passed through a maximum with increasing rate.


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.


2003 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jushik Yun ◽  
A. I. Isayev

Abstract This paper describes the results of an extensive study involving the continuous ultrasonic devulcanization of unfilled EPDM rubber. Die pressure and ultrasound power consumption were measured as a function of processing conditions. The mechanical properties of aged and fresh revulcanized EPDM rubber were measured. Gel fraction, crosslink density, and dynamic properties were also determined for the virgin vulcanizate, the ultrasonically devulcanized rubber, and the revulcanized rubber. Additionally, the cure behavior of virgin and devulcanized EPDM rubber was investigated. The tensile strength of revulcanized EPDM rubber was found to be much higher than that of the virgin vulcanizate with the elongation at break being practically intact. A mechanism explaining the increase in mechanical properties of revulcanized rubbers was proposed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Boyd ◽  
I. Therrien ◽  
Richard. J. Pazur

ABSTRACT The concentrations of triallyl isocyanurate (TAIC) in a peroxide-curable fluoroelastomer terpolymer containing 67 wt% of fluorine were varied to generate compounds of differing crosslink densities. Experimental analysis was undertaken using rheometry, hardness, stress–strain (Mooney–Rivlin), equilibrium solvent swell, and low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) using the double quantum (DQ) technique. Increasing the TAIC concentration caused a systematic rise in rheometry elastic torque, hardness, and tensile strength, whereas both elongation at break and swelling levels decreased. These results are concurrent with an enhanced overall level of crosslinking, which was confirmed by the steady increase of the Mooney–Rivlin C1 values. DQ NMR analysis using hydrogen and fluorine probes and subsequent application of fast Tikhonov regularization to the corrected intensity data were particularly useful in discerning the inhomogeneous nature of the compound morphology. The spatial distribution of the crosslink density suggests that the compound consists of small, highly crosslinked/entangled polymerized TAIC domains embedded within the elastic crosslinked matrix. A concentration of 3 phr of TAIC is optimal according to compression set testing.


1997 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Isayev ◽  
S. H. Kim ◽  
V. Yu Levin

Abstract The correlation between the mechanical properties of revulcanized SBR, total and polysulfidic crosslink density, gel fraction of original vulcanizate, ultrasonically devulcanized, and revulcanized rubber is described. Under some processing conditions the tensile strength of revulcanized SBR is found to be much higher than that of the original vulcanizate with elongation at break being practically intact. A model explaining the increase in mechanical properties of revulcanized rubber is proposed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 1854-1860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Wang ◽  
Zheng Peng ◽  
Peng Peng Fan

Thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) of natural rubber (NR) and polypropylene (PP) (60:40) containing various dosages (0.5-5.5phr) of peroxide were prepared using a Haake Rheocord. The effects of peroxide content on the crosslink density, thermal behaviors, morphology, mechanical and rheological properties of NR/PP TPVs were studied. The crosslink density of TPVs increased with increasing of peroxide content. However, the tensile strength, tear strength and elongation at break obtained the maximum values when 2.5phr peroxide was added, which was ascribed to the presence of smallest particle size of crosslinked rubber phase at this peroxide content. It was proposed that the effect of DCP, which not only initiated crosslink reaction in NR phase, but also degraded the polypropylene molecules, played an important role in determined the morphology and properties of TPVs. The viscosity of TPVs decreased with shear stress, indicating pseudoplastic nature of the TPV samples. The elastic modulus of the samples gradually increases with the increase in DCP content.


1983 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Pal ◽  
B. Adhikari ◽  
D. K. Basu ◽  
A. K. Chaudhuri

Abstract N-cyclopentamethylenethiocarbamyl-N′-cyclopentamethylenesulfenamide (CPTCS) and dibenzothiazyldisulfide (MBTS), as binary accelerators in a mixture have been found to provide significant mutual enhanced activity with regard to modulus, tensile strength, hardness, and elongation at break in the vulcanization of NR gum stocks. The synergistic activity of the CPTCS-MBTS system is very much dependent upon the accelerator ratios, concentration of sulfur and accelerator, as well as the temperature of vulcanization. Investigations carried out with the Monsanto rheometer also corroborate the above results. It is suggested that the synergism arises out of the interaction between CPTCS and MBTS which produces intermediate accelerators. N,N-Diethylthiocarbamyl-N′-cyclohexylsulfenamide (DETCS) in conjunction with MBTS, produces similar results in the vulcanization of NR. Structural characterization of the vulcanizates obtained at 140 and 160°C reveals that predominantly monosulfidic linkages are obtained with CPTCS or DETCS and MBTS combinations. The intermediate combinations, at near equimolar concentration of the two accelerators, exhibit maximum crosslink density. An attempt has been made to correlate physical properties with crosslink density as well as various types of crosslinks.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1119 ◽  
pp. 342-346
Author(s):  
Hamidah Harahap ◽  
Kelvin Hadinatan ◽  
Adrian Hartanto ◽  
Elmer Surya ◽  
Indra Surya ◽  
...  

Cassava peel is one of agricultural waste that abundantly found in environment. One approach to manage this waste is to apply it as filler in natural rubber latex. In this work, the cassava peel waste (CPW) was powdered and dispersed in alkanolamide-water dispersion system to modify its surface. The amount of fillers used was 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 phr (part per hundred rubber) and loaded in natural rubber latex (NRL) formulation system. The products then were formed by dipping method after the NRL formulation was pre-vulcanized at 70°C. The observed parameter includes crosslink density, tensile strength, tensile modulus and elongation at break. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was used to study the morphology of tensile fracture in NRL film. The results show that 10 phr loading of modified fillers increases the crosslink density, tensile strength, and tensile modulus but decreases the elongation at break. SEM study also reveals that higher filler loading above 10 phr will create the agglomeration in rubber matrix.


2011 ◽  
Vol 410 ◽  
pp. 90-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladawan Srisuwan ◽  
Kasama Jarukumjorn ◽  
Nitinat Suppakarn

In this study, rice husk fiber (RHF) was used as a reinforcing filler for natural rubber (NR). NR composites were prepared at various RHF contents, i.e., 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 phr. Sulfur conventional vulcanization was used. Effect of RHF content on cure characteristics, mechanical properties and morphological properties of NR composites were investigated. The results showed that scorch and cure times of RHF/NR composites were not affected by increasing RHF content. Crosslink density, tensile strength, elongation at break and tear strength of NR composites slightly decreased with increasing RHF content whereas M100 and M300 of the composites slightly increased with increasing RHF content.


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