Publication: Properties influenced by addition of copoly(ethylene/octene) in BR-NBR blends
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2001-12-01
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09598111
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Mahidol University
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Plastics, Rubber and Composites Processing and Applications. Vol.30, No.1 (2001), 24-29
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C. Sirisinha, N. Prayoonchatphan Properties influenced by addition of copoly(ethylene/octene) in BR-NBR blends. Plastics, Rubber and Composites Processing and Applications. Vol.30, No.1 (2001), 24-29. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/26535
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Properties influenced by addition of copoly(ethylene/octene) in BR-NBR blends
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The effects of copoly(ethylene/octene) (EOM) on rheological, mechanical, and cure properties and on carbon black distribution in each phase of butadiene rubber-nitrile/butadiene rubber (BR-NBR) blends have been investigated. It was found that EOM added to the blends is able to function as a plasticising agent for BR and NBR, and the plasticising efficiency of EOM is more significant in NBR than BR. With increasing EOM content, the deviation of Mooney viscosity from the additive line (interpolated values) reduces markedly. In pure components (i.e. 100 : 0 and 0 : 100), cure rate reduces and cure time increases with addition of EOM. In contrast in the blend systems, cure rate increases and cure time decreases when EOM is added. The distribution of carbon black in each phase of the blends is strongly controlled by the viscosity of each phase in the blend. The lower the phase viscosity, the greater the residual carbon black. Accordingly, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis reveals a slight shift in the glass transition temperature of the BR phase to higher temperature, compared with the NBR phase, as EOM is added. From the results obtained, it is proposed that EOM exists in the interfacial area between the two phases. However, at higher amounts of EOM, saturation of EOM at the interfacial area occurs and the excess EOM starts to migrate to the BR phase. Further increase m EOM concentration leads to saturation of EOM in the BR phase and EOM then migrates to the NBR phase.