Determination of Alkalinity of Reclaimed Rubber
Abstract A new method is given for determining the relative alkalinity of reclaimed rubber. The extraction of the alkaline material is based on a digestion of the sample in a mixture of ethanol, benzene, and water. The method is compared with the previous method described by the authors in 1928. The experimental figures given show that the new method gives results which are dependable, and approximately four times as accurate as the previous method. The higher degree of accuracy is due to the elimination of much of the personal error, the extraction of a larger percentage of alkaline material, and a more accurate titration end point. The purpose of this paper is to present a method for determining the relative alkalinity of reclaimed rubber which, in the authors??? opinion, has certain advantages over other methods in use at present.