Publication: Comparative study of natural rubber/clay nanocomposites prepared from fresh or concentrated latex
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2017-10-01
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01429418
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Mahidol University
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Polymer Testing. Vol.63, (2017), 244-250
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Nairat Siririttikrai, Sombat Thanawan, Krisda Suchiva, Taweechai Amornsakchai Comparative study of natural rubber/clay nanocomposites prepared from fresh or concentrated latex. Polymer Testing. Vol.63, (2017), 244-250. doi:10.1016/j.polymertesting.2017.08.015 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/42200
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Comparative study of natural rubber/clay nanocomposites prepared from fresh or concentrated latex
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Rubbers are usually compounded with different chemicals and fillers in order to modify their properties to suit the end applications. Natural rubber (NR) contains different natural occurring materials and this brings about subtle complexities in controlling compound and vulcanizate properties. Thus, the aim of this paper is to illustrate that the properties of compounds and vulcanizates of NR/clay prepared from fresh field latex and from concentrated latex are different. Different amounts of pristine clay were added to the two latices and their viscosity determined. The latex mixtures were next coagulated to form solid filled rubbers and their properties examined. Vulcanizates of these solid rubbers were then prepared and their properties, also, were determined. The cause of an observed variation is attributed to soluble proteins in the fresh field latex. Structural models to explain this are proposed.