FEATURES OF BEHAVIOR OF ORGANIC AMMONIUM SALTS WHEN ISOLATING RUBBER FROM LATEX
The influence of low-and high-molecular substances on the stability of various lyophobic colloidal systems is among the earliest empirical and intuitively used phenomena. The water-soluble organic salts are applied in different industries including latex technology. This is related to a complex of various colloid-chemical phenomena and their interaction with latex dispersed phase and its components. Nowadays some high-molecular and low-molecular organic reagents are used to reduce the aggregate stability of latex system on an industrial scale. In the article, the coagulating ability of ammonium acetate, ammonium oxalate and ammonium citrate were estimated for the latex coagulation in the comparison with an inorganic ammonium salt and sodium chloride. The influence of the nature of salt component, as well as its consumption, on the technological features of the coagulation process in the emulsion latex was established. The relationship between the consumption of organic ammonium salt and acidifying component on the complete coagulation was shown. It’s worth noting that the strength of the acid, which forms the ammonium salt, has an effect on the technological extraction process of rubber from latex. The stronger the organic acid, the lower the consumption of the acidifying agent, and complete coagulation is achieved at lower consumption of coagulants. Peculiar behavior of ammonium citrate has been noted: complete coagulation wasn’t achieved with the consumption of this salt over 200 kg/t of rubber and increased consumption of the acidifying agent. It can be due to the fact that citric acid is an oxyacid and shows properties characteristic for surfactants and increases the aggregate stability of the system. These rubbers, rubber compounds and vulcanizates obtained correspond to standard parameters.