Vulcanization of Elastomers. 47. Vulcanization of Natural Rubber and Polybutadiene with Benzoyl Peroxide

1966 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 768-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Scheele ◽  
Ernst Rohde

Abstract The present article reports experiments intended to elucidate the kinetics of benzoyl peroxide decompositions in natural rubber and polybutadiene, and of consequent reactions. Both in natural rubber and in polybutadiene and at all temperatures, peroxide decomposition is first order with respect to concentration as well as time. The decomposition rate is substantially higher in natural rubber than in polybutadiene, and independent of the constitution of the polymer chains of the polybutadiene (tacticity, vinyl side groups, and the like). A somewhat higher activation energy of peroxide decomposition was derived for polybutadiene than for natural rubber. Formation of benzoic acid and crosslinking both follow a first order time law; the rates for peroxide decomposition, formation of benzoic acid, and crosslinking are the same in natural rubber and polybutadiene. It seems probable that peroxide decomposition in polybutadiene is purely homolytic. Interaction between peroxide and natural rubber is assumed, resulting in an increase in the rate of decomposition. The benzoic acid yield is considerably higher in natural rubber than in polybutadiene, and diminishes in the latter with the increase in vinyl side groups. In natural rubber this yield is a function of temperature, but in polybutadiene it shows practically no temperature dependence. Benzoyloxy radicals are incorporated into the elastomers as benzoate groups, as confirmed by infrared spectroscopic determinations with cis-1,4 polybutadiene. An interpretation of the formal kinetics of the vulcanization of 1,5-polyenes is proposed, which, together with the experimental results, may be used as a basis for consideration of the reaction mechanism.

1956 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 901-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto Lorenz ◽  
Walter Scheele

Abstract The vulcanization of natural rubber by benzoyl peroxide between 110° and 50° C has been investigated. The analysis of the kinetics has led to the following results: 1. The benzoyl peroxide concentration decreases at all temperatures according to a reaction of the first order. The velocity constants have been given. 2. Benzoic acid is formed in a slower reaction, but also according to a first order rate. The limiting value of benzoic acid formation depends on the temperature. It decreases with increasing temperature. The velocity constants for benzoic acid formation have been calculated. 3. With larger additions of peroxide to the rubber, both reactions are of the zero order as long as the solubility limit of the peroxide is exceeded. 4. The temperature dependence of the velocity constants of both reactions has been discussed, and it has been shown that at lower temperatures the formation of benzoic acid and the decrease of peroxide become equally rapid. 5. The analogy between thiuram vulcanization and peroxide vulcanization with respect to their kinetics has been pointed out. 6. It has been made apparent that, in both peroxide vulcanization and thiuram vulcanization, one is obliged to assume the formation of an intermediate compound. But, at the same time, it is not possible to make this consistent with the reaction mechanism which Farmer has developed for peroxide vulcanization, nor to apply to peroxide vulcanization the relationships found by Bartlett for the polymerization of allyl acetate by benzoyl peroxide.


2010 ◽  
Vol 160-162 ◽  
pp. 1181-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Feng Wang ◽  
Si Dong Li ◽  
Xiao Dong She

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.


1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 143-146
Author(s):  
Ronald D. Neufeld ◽  
Christopher A. Badali ◽  
Dennis Powers ◽  
Christopher Carson

A two step operation is proposed for the biodegradation of low concentrations (< 10 mg/L) of BETX substances in an up flow submerged biotower configuration. Step 1 involves growth of a lush biofilm using benzoic acid in a batch mode. Step 2 involves a longer term biological transformation of BETX. Kinetics of biotransformations are modeled using first order assumptions, with rate constants being a function of benzoic acid dosages used in Step 1. A calibrated computer model is developed and presented to predict the degree of transformation and biomass level throughout the tower under a variety of inlet and design operational conditions.


1960 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-341
Author(s):  
Walter Scheele ◽  
Karl-Heinz Hillmer

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.


2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Falleiros ◽  
Bruna Cabral ◽  
Janaína Fischer ◽  
Carla Guidini ◽  
Vicelma Cardoso ◽  
...  

The immobilization and stabilization of Aspergillus oryzae ?-galactosidase on Duolite??A568 was achieved using a combination of physical adsorption, incubation step in buffer at pH 9.0 and cross-linking with glutaraldehyde and in this sequence promoted a 44% increase in enzymatic activity as compared with the biocatalyst obtained after a two-step immobilization process (adsorption and cross-linking). The stability of the biocatalyst obtained by three-step immobilization process (adsorption, incubation in buffer at pH 9.0 and cross-linking) was higher than that obtained by two-steps (adsorption and cross-linking) and for free enzyme in relation to pH, storage and reusability. The immobilized biocatalyst was characterized with respect to thermal stability in the range 55-65 ?C. The kinetics of thermal deactivation was well described by the first-order model, which resulted in the immobilized biocatalyst activation energy of thermal deactivation of 71.03 kcal/mol and 5.48 h half-life at 55.0 ?C.


2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Defeng Wu ◽  
Chixing Zhou ◽  
Xie Fan ◽  
Dalian Mao ◽  
Zhang Bian

The melt intercalation method was employed to prepare poly(butylene terepathalate)/montmorillonite nanocomposites, and their microstructure was characterized by wide angle X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The XRD results showed that the crystalline plane such as (010), (111), (100) was smaller than that of pristine PBT, which indicates that the crystallite size of PBT in the nanocomposites could be diminished by adding clay. Moreover, the isothermal crystallization kinetics of PBT and PBT/MMT nanocomposites was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). During isothermal crystallization, the development of crystallinity with time was analysed by the Avrami equation. The results show that very small amounts of clay dramatically increased the rate of crystallization and high clay concentrations reduced the rate of crystallization at the low crystallization temperatures. At low concentrations of clay, the distance between dispersed platelets was large so it was relatively easy for the additional nucleation sites to incorporate surrounding polymer, and the crystal nucleus was formatted easily. However, at high concentrations of clay, the diffusion of polymer chains to the growing crystallites was hindered by large clay particles, despite the formation of additional nucleation sites by the clay layers. At the higher crystallization temperature, the crystallization of the nanocomposites was slower than that of the pure PBT under the experimental conditions, which means that with the increase in chains mobility at the high crystallization temperature, the crystal nuclei are harder to format, and the hindering effect of clay particles on the polymer chains was stronger than the nucleating effect of the layers. In addition, the activation energies of crystallization for PBT and its nanocomposites were calculated by the Arrhenius relationship, and the results showed that the nanocomposites with a low clay content had the lower activation energy values than PBT, while high amounts of clay increased the activation energy of PBT.


2001 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian M. Dust ◽  
Christopher S. Warren

Abstract The kinetics of the alkaline rearrangement of O,O-dimethyl-(2,2,2-trichloro-1- hydroxyethyl)phosphonate, (trichlorfon, 1), the active insecticidal component in such formulations as Dylox, was followed at 25±0.5°C by high pressure liquid chromatography (UV-vis detector, 210 nm). The rearrangement product, O,Odimethyl- O-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)phosphate (dichlorovos, 2), which is a more potent biocide than trichlorfon, undergoes further reaction, and the kinetics, consequently, cannot be treated by a standard pseudo-first-order plot. A two-point van't Hoff (initial rates) method was used to obtain pseudo-first-order rate constants (kѱ) at 25, 35 and 45°C: 2.6 × 10-6, 7.4 × 10-6 and 2.5 × 10-5 s-1, respectively. Arrhenius treatment of this data gave an activation energy (Ea) of 88 kJ·mol-1 with a pre-exponential factor (A) of 5.5 × 109 s-1. Kinetic trials at pH 8.0 using phosphate and tris buffer systems show no buffer catalysis in this reaction and indicate that the rearrangement is subject to specific base catalysis. Estimates are reported for pseudo-first-order half-lives for trichlorfon at pH 8.0 for environmental conditions in aqueous systems in the Corner Brook region of western Newfoundland, part of the site of a recent trichlorfon aerial spray program.


1950 ◽  
Vol 28b (7) ◽  
pp. 358-372
Author(s):  
Cyrias Ouellet ◽  
Adrien E. Léger

The kinetics of the polymerization of acetylene to cuprene on a copper catalyst between 200° and 300 °C. have been studied manometrically in a static system. The maximum velocity of the autocatalytic reaction shows a first-order dependence upon acetylene pressure. The reaction is retarded in the presence of small amounts of oxygen but accelerated by preoxidation of the catalyst. The apparent activation energy, of about 10 kcal. per mole for cuprene growth between 210° and 280 °C., changes to about 40 kcal. per mole above 280 °C. at which temperature a second reaction seems to set in. Hydrogen, carbon monoxide, or nitric oxide has no effect on the reaction velocity. Series of five successive seedings have been obtained with cuprene originally grown on cuprite, and show an effect of aging of the cuprene.


1965 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Scheele ◽  
J. Helberg

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.


1969 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Phelps ◽  
Eraldo Antonini

1. Static titrations reveal an exact stoicheiometry between various haem derivatives and apoperoxidase prepared from one isoenzyme of the horseradish enzyme. 2. Carbon monoxide–protohaem reacts rapidly with apoperoxidase and the kinetics can be accounted for by a mechanism already applied to the reaction of carbon monoxide–haem derivatives with apomyoglobin and apohaemoglobin. 3. According to this mechanism a complex is formed first whose combination and dissociation velocity constants are 5×108m−1sec.−1 and 103sec.−1 at pH9·1 and 20°. The complex is converted into carbon monoxide–haemoprotein in a first-order process with a rate constant of 235sec.−1 for peroxidase and 364sec.−1 for myoglobin at pH9·1 and 20°. 4. The effects of pH and temperature were examined. The activation energy for the process of complex-isomerization is about 13kcal./mole. 5. The similarity in the kinetics of the reactions of carbon monoxide–haem with apoperoxidase and with apomyoglobin suggests structural similarities at the haem-binding sites of the two proteins.


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