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Thermal analysis of elastomer composites
Author(s) -
Setua D. K.,
Mathur G. N.
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 - 10.1002/1097-4628(20010124)79:4<646::aid-app80>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - elastomer , composite material , materials science , carbon black , neoprene , reinforcement , adhesion , thermal , natural rubber , physics , meteorology
Thermal analysis of polychloroprene elastomer composites was carried out. Addition of reinforcing fillers such as precipitated silica (Vulcasil‐S), carbon black (FEF N‐550), and short silk fiber led to significant changes in the degradation pattern, depending on their reinforcement and adhesion ability with the elastomer matrix. Attempts were made to correlate the variations of thermal properties with the surface chemistry and the reinforcement characteristics of these fillers. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 79: 646–651, 2001