Publication: Natural rubber latex foam reinforced with micro-and nanofibrillated cellulose via dunlop method
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2020-09-01
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Polymers. Vol.12, No.9 (2020), 1-16
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Sirilak Phomrak, Adun Nimpaiboon, Bi Min Zhang Newby, Muenduen Phisalaphong Natural rubber latex foam reinforced with micro-and nanofibrillated cellulose via dunlop method. Polymers. Vol.12, No.9 (2020), 1-16. doi:10.3390/polym12091959 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/59932
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Natural rubber latex foam reinforced with micro-and nanofibrillated cellulose via dunlop method
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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Natural rubber latex foam (NRLF) was reinforced with micro-and nanofibrillated cellulose at a loading content of 5–20 parts per hundred of rubber (phr) via the Dunlop process. Cellulose powder from eucalyptus pulp and bacterial cellulose (BC) was used as a microcellulose (MC) and nanocellulose (NC) reinforcing agent, respectively. NRLF, NRLF-MC, and NRLF-NC exhibited interconnected macroporous structures with a high porosity and a low-density. The composite foams contained pores with sizes in a range of 10–500 µm. As compared to MC, NC had a better dispersion inside the NRLF matrix and showed a higher adhesion to the NRLF matrix, resulting in a greater reinforcement. The most increased tensile strengths for MC and NC incorporated NRLF were found to be 0.43 MPa (1.4-fold increase) and 0.73 MPa (2.4-fold increase), respectively, by reinforcing NRLF with 5 phr MC and 15 phr NC, whereas the elongation at break was slightly reduced. Compression testing showed that the recovery percentage was improved to 34.9% (1.3-fold increase) by reinforcement with 15 phr NC, whereas no significant improvement in the recovery percentage was observed with MC. Both NRLF-MC and NRLF-NC presented hydrophobic surfaces and good thermal stability up to 300◦C. Due to their highly porous structure, after a prolong immersion in water, NRLF composites had high water uptake abilities. According to their properties, the composite foams could be further modified for use as green absorption or supporting materials.