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Analysis of variation of molecular parameters of natural rubber during vulcanization in conformational tube model. II. Influence of sulfur/accelerator ratio
Author(s) -
Cerveny S.,
Marzocca A. J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19991209)74:11<2747::aid-app22>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - vulcanization , natural rubber , sulfur , swelling , materials science , polymer chemistry , cure rate , composite material , tube (container) , chemistry , thermodynamics , surgery , medicine , metallurgy , physics
A natural rubber (NR) with a conventional sulfur cure system and a ratio of sulfur/accelerator (Ω) equal to 3 was investigated. The network structure of the NR during vulcanization was analyzed using a model of rubber elasticity based on the tube concept, which was applied to the treatment of the stress–strain measurements. The influence of cure time and temperature on the chemical crosslinks density was analyzed. The values were compared with those obtained by means of an equilibrium volume swelling measurement. The differences between samples of NR cured with Ω = 3 and 1.5 were analyzed. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 74: 2747–2755, 1999