Surface treatment of CaCO3 with a mixture of amino- and mercapto-functional silane coupling agents and tensile properties of the rubber composites. Issue 8 (3rd August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tsutsumi, Ryota; Sasaki, Tokio; Hashiguchi, Chisato; Yamazaki, Ryota; Fujii, Syuji; Nakamura, Yoshinobu; Fujiwara, Kazuko; Hikasa, Shigeki
• Is Part Of: Composite interfaces. Volume 25:Issue 8(2018)
• Page Start: 743
• Page End: 760
• Publication Date: 2018-08-03
• Subjects: Silane coupling agent -- calcium carbonate -- isoprene rubber -- thermogravimetric analysis -- pulse NMR; Composite materials -- Periodicals; 620.11805
• DOI: 10.1080/09276440.2018.1439629
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0927-6440

Abstract

Abstract: In order to reinforce the composite consisting of isoprene rubber (IR) and calcium carbonate (CaCO3 ) particles, the surface treatment of CaCO3 particles with a mixture of amino- and mercapto-functional silane coupling agents was investigated. The quantity of chemisorbed silanes in treated CaCO3 measured using thermogravimetry was greater for amino- than for mercapto-silane and for the tri- than for the dialkoxy structure. Second, the molecular mobility of polycondensate of the mixtures with the trialkoxy structure measured using 1 H pulse nuclear magnetic resonance had the least molecular mobility, i.e., formed the highest density network. The greater values of stress at 500% strain, fracture stress, and elongation at break were determined for the treatment with amino- and mercapto-functional silanes having a trialkoxy structure from the stress-strain curves of composite. The mixture treatment with dialkoxy structure and with amino- or mercapto-functional silane only did not improve the mechanical properties sufficiently. Interactions between the amino group and the CaCO3 surface, covalent bonding between the mercapto group and the IR, and high density network formation of trialkoxy silane were important for improving the mechanical properties of the composite. Abstract :