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Effect of clay on vulcanization, network structure, and technical properties of natural rubber in the presence of silane coupling agents
Author(s) -
Pal Pranab K.,
Chakravarty S. N.,
De S. K.
Publication year - 1983
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.1983.070280221
Subject(s) - vulcanization , peroxide , materials science , silane , natural rubber , coupling (piping) , filler (materials) , composite material , sulfur , polymer , network structure , polymer chemistry , polymer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy , machine learning , computer science
The presence of silane coupling agents do not cause a change in network structure in clay‐filled natural rubber vulcanizates, both in sulfur vulcanization and peroxide vulcanization systems. However, the improvement in technical properties in the presence of silane coupling agents is more in the peroxide vulcanization system and is accompanied by enhanced polymer—filler interactions. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies have been made in order to understand the failure behavior.