Cure efficiency of dodecyl succinic anhydride as a cross‐linking agent for elastomer blends based on epoxidized natural rubber. Issue 6 (16th September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mascia, Leno; Clarke, Jane; Ng, Kiat Seong; Chua, Kok Sien; Russo, Pietro
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied polymer science. Volume 132:Issue 6(2015:Mar. 15)
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• Publication Date: 2014-09-16
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 668.9
• DOI: 10.1002/app.41448
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8995

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <p>Blends of a highly epoxidized natural rubber (ENR50) with unmodified natural rubber (NR) and ethylene propylene elastomers (EPDM) were produced to evaluate the mixing and curing characteristics. Dodecyl succinic anhydride was used to cross‐link the ENR50 component and the reactivity was assessed by monitoring the evolution of the torque in an oscillatory co‐axial cylinder rheometer, as well as by DSC thermal analysis. A physical model was used to obtain a single parameter for the reactivity of the system, which corresponds to the rate constant for first order curing reactions. Although the blends were thermodynamically immiscible, displaying no significant change in <italic>T_g</italic>, the components were well dispersed at microscopic level. Better mechanical properties were obtained for blends with EPDM. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. <bold>2015</bold>, <italic>132</italic>, 41448.</p> </abstract>