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Spectroscopic studies of ultrathin microtomed sections of polymers. Part III. Rapid characterization of antioxidants in cured black‐loaded rubbers from ultraviolet spectra of extracts of sections
Author(s) -
Corish P. J.
Publication year - 1963
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/app.1963.070070227
Subject(s) - natural rubber , copolymer , materials science , cyclohexane , ultraviolet , solvent , polymer , polymer chemistry , characterization (materials science) , styrene , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , optoelectronics
Several types of cured black‐loaded rubbers, including natural rubber, butadiene/styrene copolymers, polybutadienes, and butyl rubbers, can be microtomed with an ultraviolet‐transparent solvent (methyl cyclohexane) as cutting liquid. The ultrathin sections obtained are used to characterize the rubber and the inorganic fillers, if any, and at the same time the antioxidant present is extracted rapidly from the very thin films by the solvent. An ultraviolet spectrum of the resultant extract enables some antioxidants and reaction products of cures to be rapidly characterized.