Open AccessTHE USE OF MODIFIED SUGARCANE BAGASSE IN NATURAL RUBBER COMPOUNDING
Author(s) -
А. К. Акінлабі,
R.N. Laleye,
S. B. Akinfenwa,
A. M. Mosaku,
Ayorinde Falomo,
G. Oladipo,
Sarah O. Oni,
F. Y. Falope,
N. Y. Ilesanmi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bulletin of the chemical society of nigeria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0795-2066
DOI - 10.46602/jcsn.v45i6.553
Subject(s) - bagasse , natural rubber , ultimate tensile strength , materials science , compounding , pulp and paper industry , potting , composite material , mathematics , engineering
Natural rubber (NR) is a renewable agricultural resource which has gained fast technological innovation due to some inherent properties and its renewability. Compounding of natural rubber with modified and unmodified nano-sized agricultural waste is of interest because it is economical, environmentally friendly, cheap and readily available, hence, the trial of sugarcane bagasse as an additive in Natural Rubber compounding. The sugarcane bagasse was sourced locally, milled to fine powder and sieved to D >C while B gave the least tensile strength, showing that carbon black acted better than modified sugarcane bagasse and better than unmodified sugarcane bagasse. Compatibility of the unmodified and hydroxylated sugarcane bagasse with natural rubber and carbon black was also established. The extent of the solubility of the mixes in ethanol, kerosene and petrol were investigated to determine the extent of crosslinking and mix A was very resistant to all the solvents followed by mixes C then E then D while mix B dissolves readily.