Cure characteristics,swelling behaviors,and mechanical properties of carbon black filler reinforced EPDM/NBR blend system

The effect of carbon black fillers viz. semireinforcing furnace (SRF), high abrasion furnace (HAF) and intermediate super abrasion furnace (ISAF) carbon blacks on the cure, swelling and mechanical properties of 70/30 EPDM/NBR blend have been investigated. The maximum torque values have been found to be increased with increase in filler loading. Filledsystems have been found to exhibit a reduced solvent uptake tendency compared to the unfilled sample. Blends loaded with ISAF exhibited the lowest toluene uptake among the carbon black filled systems due to the better filler reinforcement. A more uniform morphology has been observed for ISAF‐filled samples compared to the other filler loaded systems. The improvement in the mechanical properties has been observed to be the highest for ISAF‐filled samples followed by HAF and SRF filled systems. This has been attributed to the smaller particle size of ISAF black. The experimental results of mechanical testing have been compared with various theoretical models. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011     

Interaction of silica and carbon black fillers with natural rubber/poly(ethylene‐co‐vinyl acetate) matrix by swelling studies

The interaction of a black filler and a white filler, which are extensively used in the rubber industry, with natural rubber/poly (ethylene‐co‐vinyl acetate) (NR/EVA) blends vulcanized by DCP has been examined by equilibrium swelling technique. Blends loaded with intermediate super abrasion furnace black (ISAF) and those with silica (SiO₂), of same loading, have been used. The silica incorporated blends sorbed a higher amount of aromatic solvents, compared with the ISAF filled blends, when NR was the continuous phase. However, the silica filled systems showed lower sorption characteristics when EVA became the continuous phase. This has been explained in terms of the differences in the interaction between the filler particles and the blend components. The swelling coefficient, diffusion coefficient, and molar mass between crosslinks have been computed to complement the experimental observations. POLYM. COMPOS., 28:705–712, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Effect of fillers on morphological properties in NR/SBR blends for OTR tyres

Abstract

The blends of styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) and natural rubber (NR) are prepared using a two-roll mixing mill in the presence of different types of carbon blacks as reinforcing filler. The effects of fillers on cure characteristics and thermal, dynamic–mechanical, morphological properties of the blends are studied. The ISAF N231 type of carbon black shows a significant effect on tensile, tear and modulus properties by reacting at the interface between SBR/NR matrixes. The dynamic characteristics and storage modulus of SBR/NR with SAF N110 and SRF N774 types of carbon black show distinct characteristics in respect to all other blends in this system. The thermal stability of the rubber vulcanizates containing SAF N110 and SRF N774 types of carbon blacks is higher than other blend types. With the increasing percentage of SBR to NR, the thermal stability of the blend is increased. However, the heat buildup of the blends increases with the increase in SBR percentage.     

Influence of Fillers and Curing Systems on the Physico-Mechanical Properties and Stability of EPDM Vulcanizates

ABSTRACT

The thermal stability was investigated for ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) rubber loaded with different white and black fillers, namely, kaolin, quartz, polyvinylchloride PVC, talc, graphite, medium thermal carbon black MT, semi reinforcing furnace black SRF, and high abrasion carbon black HAF. The fillers were added at a fixed level of 20 phr. Two curing systems were used, tetramethyl thiuram disulfide (TMTD) and sulfur/N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide (S/CBS). The effects of the curing system and type of filler on the physico-mechanical properties, before and after thermal aging were investigated. It was found that the vulcanizates cured with S/CBS system gave better physico-mechanical properties than the TMTD cured samples. However, TMTD cured EPDM has thermal stability performance superior to the other vulcanizing system.     

Ionic thermoplastic elastomer based on the zinc salt of sulfonated maleated EPDM rubber. II. Reinforcement by fillers

Incorporation of SRF and ISAF grades of carbon black and precipitated silica improves the physical properties of the zinc stearate plasticized ionomer, namely, the zinc salt of sulfonated maleated EPDM rubber, which behaves as an ionic thermoplastic elastomer. The reinforcing ability of the fillers follows the order SRF carbon black < silica < ISAF carbon black. The activation energy of the melt flow also follows the same order. The results of infrared spectroscopic studies and dynamic mechanical studies reveal that, apart from the rubber–filler bonding, as is normally observable in diene rubbers, ion–dipole and hydrogen‐bonding interactions occur between the active sites on the filler surface and the ionic aggregates. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 78: 326–337, 2000     

Guayule natural rubber composites: impact of fillers on their cure characteristics,dynamic and mechanical behavior

Guayule natural rubber (GNR) is an alternative resource of Hevea natural rubber (HNR) with 99.9% cis content in its 1,4-polyisoprene chemical backbone. In this study, compounds were formulated independently with four different reinforcing fillers such as carbon black (HAF), precipitated silica (VN3), fume silica (FUM) and nanofly ash (NFA) for the advancement of GNR based products. The cure characteristic, dynamic-mechanical performance and mechanical properties of GNR composite were studied with the reinforcing effect of different fillers on GNR. The cure characteristic results demonstrated that HAF and FUM silica filled compounds had more processing safety than VN3 and NFA filled compounds. Viscoelastic parameters of the vulcanizates were studied by dynamic mechanical analysis to estimate the glass transition characteristics and dynamic behavior. The higher storage modulus of FUM silica vulcanizate was an indication of superior filler reinforcing nature and improved rolling resistance than other filled systems. Additionally, HRTEM analysis also proved the better filler dispersion ability of FUM silica in GNR matrix. The mechanical properties were studied with a variation of each filler loading of 8, 16, and 32 phr in GNR vulcanizates. The tensile strength of each filled system increased with an increase of filler content from 8 to 32 phr. In comparison, FUM silica GNR vulcanizates exhibited better mechanical properties, therefore, it was considered as a better structure-performance composite than those of HAF, VN3 and NFA filled composites.

     

Carbon black filled powdered natural rubber: Preparation,particle size distribution,mechanical properties,and structures

Carbon black (HAF) filled powdered natural rubber (P(NR/HAF)) was prepared and the particle size distribution, mechanical properties, and micromorphology of P(NR/HAF) were studied. A carbon black–rubber latex coagulation method was developed for preparing carbon black filled free‐flowing, noncontact staining NR powders with particle diameter less than 0.9 mm. A powdering mechanism model was put forward to describe the powdering process, which shows that the key technical points consist in the surfactant with good emulsification properties and the polymer coating resin with good film forming properties. SEM analysis shows that carbon black and rubber matrix have formed a macroscopic homogenization in the P(NR/HAF) particles without contact staining, and carbon black particles are well dispersed in rubber matrix with diameter of about 50–150 nm. P(NR/HAF) vulcanizate showed better mechanical properties than bale natural rubber/carbon black blends (NR/HAF) and simple NR latex/carbon black blends (NRL/HAF), which depends primarily upon the absence of free carbon black, the fine dispersion of filler on the rubber matrix, and the better interaction between carbon black and rubber matrix due to the proper preparation condition of noncontact staining carbon black filled powdered NR. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 101: 1763–1774, 2006     

Scanning electron microscopy studies on tear fracture of natural rubber

Tear fracture surfaces of peroxide- and sulphur-cured natural rubber vulcanizates, both unfilled and filled, have been studied using scanning electron microscope. Peroxide-cured unfilled vulcanizate shows stick-slip tear whereas the HAF black-filled vulcanizate gives rise to a layered fracture surface. Tear branching, observed in the unfilled sulphur-cured vulcanizate changes to a high level of tear deviation resulting in a rough surface, with the addition of HAF black. FT black improves tear resistance only slightly and the fracture surface appears comparatively smooth. The low level of polymer-filler interaction in clay filled vulcanizates causes the filler agglomerates to come out of the matrix during the test thus decreasing tear resistance and giving rise to a pitted surface.     

白炭黑/炭黑混合填料对氟橡胶/硅橡胶共混胶性能的影响

采用沉淀白炭黑和高耐磨炭黑作为氟橡胶/硅橡胶共混胶的填料.研究以不同质量比混合的沉淀白炭黑和高耐磨炭黑对氟橡胶/硅橡胶共混胶的硫化特性、门尼粘度、力学性能、耐热老化性能和耐油性能的影响,并通过RPA分析表征填料-填料的相互作用,采用SEM表征白炭黑/炭黑混合填料在氟橡胶/硅橡胶共混胶中的分散性.结果表明,随着混合填料中白炭黑所占比例的增大,氟橡胶/硅橡胶共混胶的硫化转矩升高,焦烧时间(t10)缩短,正硫化时间(t90)延长,门尼粘度增大.氟橡胶/硅橡胶共混胶的力学性能,耐热老化性能和耐油性能都随着混合填料中白炭黑用量增多而提高.RPA分析表明,全部采用白炭黑补强的共混胶Payne效应最明显,炭黑补强的共混胶Payne效应最弱.SEM分析表明,白炭黑在共混胶中分布比炭黑更加均匀,填料聚集体粒径较小.     

Mechanical and aging properties of cross‐linked ethylene propylene diene rubber / styrene butadiene rubber blends

The mechanical properties and aging characteristics of blends of ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber and styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) were investigated with special reference to the effect of blend ratio and cross‐linking systems. Among the blends, the one with 80/20 EPDM/SBR has been found to exhibit the highest tensile, tear, and abrasion properties at ambient temperature. The observed changes in the mechanical properties of the blends have been correlated with the phase morphology, as attested by scanning electron micrographs (SEMs). The effects of three different cure systems, namely, sulfur (S), dicumyl peroxide (DCP), and a mixed system consisting of sulfur and peroxide (mixed) on the blend properties also were studied. The stress‐strain behavior, tensile strength, elongation at break, and tear strength of the blends were found to be better for the mixed system. The influence of fillers such as high‐abrasion furnace (HAF) black, general‐purpose furnace (GPF) black, silica, and clay on the mechanical properties of 90/10 EPDM/SBR blend was examined. The ozone and water aging studies also were conducted on the sulfur cured blends, to supplement the results from the mechanical properties investigation. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 93: 2606–2621, 2004     

Effect of ingredients on the electrical conductivity of styrene butadiene rubber

The effect of different ingredients, which are usually added during the preparation of rubber mixtures, on the electrical conductivity σ of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR-1502) has been studied. It was found that processing oil (as softener) showed a marked increase in σ with respect to the pure sample. Stearic acid (as antioxidant), however, did not show a considerable effect on σ. The addition of constant concentration of 50 phr from different types of carbon black (filler) namely, ISAF, HAF, FEF and SRF to the rubber matrix resulted in different values of the initial conductivity of the vulcanized samples. The conduction mechanism through carbon black-loaded rubber vulcanizates has been discussed and rough estimation of the separation distance between carbon black particles (or aggregates) suggested. The carbon black-loaded rubber vulcanizates showed a reasonable stability and reproducibility of σ after pre-thermal-oxidative ageing at 365 K for 30 days.     

Yielding behaviour of thermoplastic/elastomer blends cured by gamma irradiation

Mechanical blends of thermoplastic medium density polyethylene (MDPE) and elastomeric ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) have been prepared with a fixed composition of 60/40 wt%. They have been used either in their gum form or loaded with two different reinforcing fillers, high abrasion furnace (HAF) carbon black or precipitated SiO₂ (Hi Sil) of concentration 25–100 phr (parts per hundred parts of resin) with respect to the blend. Curing was achieved by gamma irradiation. Yielding properties (yield stress, yield strain and cold drawing) have been followed as a function of irradiation dose for different blend compositions. Yield stress values increased with irradiation dose and with the content of the reinforcing filler, but yield strain and cold drawing values decreased with irradiation dose and also with the filler content. The data obtained reveal that Hi Sil is more effective as a reinforcing filler, and the prepared blends are suitable for load‐bearing applications. © 2001 Society of Chemical Industry     

Particle size distribution,mixing behavior,and mechanical properties of carbon black (high‐abrasion furnace)–filled powdered styrene butadiene rubber

High‐abrasion furnace black (HAF, grade N330)–filled powdered styrene butadiene rubber [P(SBR/HAF)] was prepared and the particle size distribution, mixing behavior in a laboratory mixer, and mechanical properties of P(SBR/HAF) were studied. A carbon black–rubber latex coagulation method was developed for preparing carbon black–filled free‐flowing, noncontact staining SBR powders, with particle diameter less than 0.9 mm, under the following conditions: carbon black content > 40 phr, emulsifier/carbon black ratio > 0.02, and coating resin content > 2.5 phr. Over the experimental range, the mixing torque τ_α of P(SBR/HAF) was not as sensitive to carbon black content and mixing temperature as that of HAF‐filled bale SBR (SBR/HAF), whereas the temperature build‐up ΔT showed little dependency on carbon black content. Compared with SBR/HAF, P(SBR/HAF) showed a 20–30% mixing energy reduction with high carbon black content (>30 phr), which confers to powdered SBR good prospects for internal mixing. Carbon black and the rubber matrix formed a macroscopic homogenization in P(SBR/HAF), and the incorporation step is not obvious in the internal mixing processing results in these special mixing behaviors of P(SBR/HAF). A novel mixing model of carbon black–filled powdered rubber, during the mixing process in an internal mixer, was proposed based on the special mixing behaviors. P(SBR/HAF) vulcanizate showed better mechanical properties than those of SBR/HAF, dependent primarily on the absence of free carbon black and a fine dispersion of filler on the rubber matrix attributed to the proper preparation conditions of noncontact staining carbon black–filled powdered SBR. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 94: 2494–2508, 2004     

Electron beam modification of filled fluorocarbon rubber

The effect of electron beam irradiation on the properties of carbon black‐, silica‐, and clay‐filled fluorocarbon rubber has been studied over a range of radiation doses, loadings, and nature of the fillers. Compared to the unfilled irradiated rubber, the tensile strength and modulus improve with a decrease in the particle size of the carbon black filler. Similar improvement in these properties is observed with an increase in both the radiation dose and the amount of the filler upto a certain level. The dynamic mechanical analysis reveal an increased glass transition temperature (T_g), a reduced value of the mechanical loss factor at T_g. and an enhanced dynamic storage modulus for the filled samples. The results are explained with the help of sol‐gel analysis and volume fraction of rubber. It is observed that higher reinforcement in the case of the filled vulcanizate is obtained by electron beam modification, as compared to that using the conventional curing system. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 76: 2016–2025, 2000     

Static deformation of low structure HAF black‐loaded (SBR+NR) rubber blend

The stress‐strain behavior of different concentrations of low‐structure high abrasion furnace black (HAF‐LS, N326)‐loaded rubber blend of styrene butadiene rubber and natural rubber (SBR+NR) of equal parts was measured. Moduli of elasticity and the n‐measure of such blends were calculated using different approaches. An anomaly, of modulus of elasticity, found at 50 phr may be attributed to carbon black reinforcement and to an early crystallization of stretched natural rubber (NR) in the blend. These assumptions are confirmed through the measurement of the swelling factor as a function of time of swelling in kerosene.     

Assessment of crosslink network and network defects of unfilled and filled ethylene‐propylene‐diene terpolymer using solid state nuclear magnetic relaxation spectroscopy

Reinforced rubbers are complex compared to unfilled systems. There are differences in the mechanisms affecting network molecular structure as well as properties of the rubber materials. In this article investigation of crosslink network and untied network defects on a molecular level of unfilled and carbon black filled ethylene‐propylene‐diene terpolymer was carried out using proton solid‐state double‐quantum NMR spectroscopy. The results show that the filled system demonstrates lower cure efficiency in conjunction with more noncoupled network defects than the unfilled one. In addition, the filled system yields the greater spatial heterogeneity because of the localization of the free radicals at the rubber–filler boundary. These strongly influence the mechanical properties of the filled rubber. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017 , 134, 44224.     

Influence of carbon black in polychloroprene organoclay nanocomposite with improved mechanical,electrical and morphology characteristics

Abstract

The effect of carbon black on nanoclay filled polychloroprene (CR) composites has been investigated. The nanoclay loading is fixed at 5 part per hundred rubbers (phr), and carbon black loading varied from 5 to 20 phr in rubber compounds. The rubber nanocomposites are prepared in laboratory by mixing in two-roll mill. The addition of nanoclay enhances mechanical properties especially tear strength and decreases water absorption without change in electrical properties compared to gum rubber vulcanisates. Wide angle X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy are used to study the microstructure of CR nanocomposites. The addition of 5 parts of nanoclay to 15 phr carbon black filled samples shows synergistic effect between the fillers and suggests that the reinforcement is due to a more developed filler network formation in hybrid filler system than that in single phase filler. Significant improvement in mechanical, electrical and low water absorption properties has been obtained with these nanoclay and carbon black filled rubber nanocomposites. The paper concludes that nanocomposites containing a mixture of organoclay and carbon black in right proportion can be a substitute for rubber components used in underwater cable and device encapsulation applications.     

乙烯含量对EPDM硫化特性和动态力学性能的影响

通过无转子硫化仪(MDR)、橡胶加工分析仪(RPA)及力学性能测试,研究了乙烯含量对过氧化物硫化EPDM未填充体系及炭黑填充体系硫化特性及动态力学性能的影响。结果表明,对于未填充/填充体系,随着乙烯含量的增加,胶料的交联程度提高,硫化反应表观速率常数K值增大,硫化诱导时间(td)不变。相比于未填充体系,加入炭黑,在促进体系硫化速率和硫化程度的同时,硫化后期还会加剧胶料的降解程度。乙烯含量高的EPDM,拉伸强度高,炭黑-橡胶相互作用大,炭黑补强效果好,但乙烯含量对EPDM橡胶储能模量的应变依赖性没有明显影响。     

Effect of fillers on morphological properties and wear characteristics of XNBR/NR blends

The blends of carboxylated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (XNBR) and natural rubber (NR) were prepared using a blending technique in the presence of different types of carbon black. The effect of filler on morphological and wear characteristics was studied. ISAF N234 carbon black showed a significant effect on curing, mechanical, and thermal studies. The DIN abrader results showed high abrasion resistant properties of 80 wt % NR and 20 wt % XNBR with ISAF N234. The rubber compound containing 40 wt % of NR and 60 wt % of XNBR with ISAF N234 is found to be the toughest rubber against all types of rock. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 120:710–718, 2011     

Reinforcement of ethylene‐acrylic elastomer with a dispersion of grafted PA6 droplets

Cured elastomers are commonly dispersed in thermoplastics, but the reverse morphology has received little attention. The present work examines dispersions of 0.5–2 μm PA6 droplets in ethylene‐acrylic elastomer (AEM), created by melt blending. After cooling, the blends are compounded with amine curative and crosslinked. Uncrosslinked blends exhibit high bound rubber levels compared to N990 carbon black filled AEM, but similar viscosity at equal filler volume fraction. Crosslinking the blends produces strong, heat resistant vulcanizates with minimal Payne effect and good compression set resistance. These properties result from extensive AEM‐PA6 grafting, absence of filler‐filler contacts, and beneficial modification of the oxidation profile under diffusion limited conditions. The data show rubber‐filler grafting strongly influences filler reinforcing ability, but does not directly influence the Payne effect. Relative to unfilled AEM, silica and carbon black fillers accelerate oxidative degradation in proportion to their reinforcing ability, whereas PA6 has a stabilizing effect. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016 , 133, 43995.