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Studies on fly‐ash‐filled natural rubber modified with cardanol derivatives: Processability, mechanical properties, fracture morphology, and thermal decomposition characteristics
Author(s) -
Me A. R. R.,
Sonia T. A.,
Sudha J. D.
Publication year - 2006
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.24439
Subject(s) - cardanol , materials science , natural rubber , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , thermal stability , filler (materials) , thermal decomposition , fly ash , tear resistance , chemical engineering , chemistry , epoxy , organic chemistry , engineering
Fly ash, a by‐product of thermal power stations, was used as a filler in natural rubber (NR) in presence of 5–10 phr of phosphorylated cardanol prepolymer (PCP) and hexamethylene tetramine cured PCP (PCPHM). The compositions modified with the cardanol‐based resins showed lower power consumption for mixing, lower cure time, improved tensile properties and tear strength, and higher thermal stability. Scanning electron microscopy of the fracture surfaces of the tensile‐failed specimens showed finer and more uniformly distributed filler particles in the rubber matrix in the presence of PCP/PCPHM. The cardanol‐based resins are expected to function as a coupling agent between the filler and rubber leading to the improvement in mechanical properties. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 102: 4801–4808, 2006