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Curing characteristics, mechanical properties and morphology of butyl rubber filled with ground tire rubber (GTR)
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The results on testing application of ground tire rubber (GTR), as potential filler for butyl rubber, are pre- sented. The GTR content variation, within the range of 10–90 phr, was studied with respect to the vulcanization process, static mechanical properties (tensile strength, elongation-at-break, hardness and resilience), dynamic mechanical properties and the morphology of the obtained vulcanizates. Butyl rubber was characterized by its low compatibility to other elastomers [i.e., natural rubber and styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR)—the main ingredients of tires] and low degree of unsaturation. To evaluate the impact of these factors on curing characteristics and mechanical properties of butyl rubber vulcanizates filled with GTR, the same compositions of SBR compounds, cured under identical conditions, were used as reference samples. Based on the obtained data, it can be stated that butyl rubber vulcanizates containing 30 phr of GTR as filler revealed the highest tensile strength and elongation- at-break. The microstructural analysis of a sample con- taining 30 phr of GTR revealed strong interactions between the butyl rubber matrix and GTR. This phenom- enon resulted mainly from two factors. First, the cross-link density of the butyl rubber matrix was affected by its competition against GTR for cross-linking agents. Sec- ondly, the migration of carbon black particles from GTR into the butyl rubber matrix had a significant impact on properties of the obtained vulcanizates
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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IRANIAN POLYMER JOURNAL
no. 23,
pages 185 - 194,
ISSN: 1026-1265 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Bibliographic description:
- Formela K., Haponiuk J.: Curing characteristics, mechanical properties and morphology of butyl rubber filled with ground tire rubber (GTR)// IRANIAN POLYMER JOURNAL. -Vol. 23, nr. 3 (2014), s.185-194
- DOI:
- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s13726-013-0214-7
- Verified by:
- Gdańsk University of Technology
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