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Development of polybutadiene (BR)–polyethylene (LDPE) blend based microcellular soles for low‐temperature applications
Author(s) -
Srilathakutty R.,
Joseph Rani,
George K. E.
Publication year - 2000
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(20000418)76:3<277::aid-app1>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - low density polyethylene , polybutadiene , materials science , polyethylene , curing (chemistry) , natural rubber , composite material , polymer chemistry , polymer , copolymer
Microcellular (MC) soles based on polybutadiene (BR) and low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) blends for low‐temperature applications were developed. A part of BR in BR–LDPE blend was replaced by natural rubber (NR) for property improvement. The BR–NR–LDPE blend‐based MC sole shows good technical properties. Sulphur curing and DCP curing were tried in BR–LDPE and NR–BR–LDPE blends. Study shows that sulphur‐cured MC sheets possess better technical properties than DCP‐cured MC sheets. 90/10 BR–LDPE and 60/30/10 BR–NR–LDPE blend combinations are found to be suitable for low‐temperature applications. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 76: 277–281, 2000