Experimental and modeling study on the curing properties of natural rubber composites filled with varying proportions of carbon black, modified bentonite and raw bentonite

Abstract

© 2018 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of replacing carbon black (CB) with inexpensive and environmentally friendly fillers - bentonite (BNT) and modified bentonite (M-BNT), on the curing properties of natural rubber (NR) composites. A control sample (unfilled NR) and thirteen NR composites filled with varied proportions of CB (x1), M-BNT (x2), and BNT (x3) based on a third degree - simplex lattice mixture design of experiment (DOE) were prepared in this study. Rheometric results showed that 33% substitution of CB with M-BNT provides the highest elastic torque values. Mixture of 10phr CB and 5phr M-BNT (CB/M-BNT/BNT 10/5/0) produces synergistic effect on curing. The presence of CB increases vulcanization rate due to its high basicity and low oxygen content while M-BNT serves as vulcanizing accelerator due to the present amine groups. Coefficients of reduced hierarchical models showed that the main factors contributed mainly on the curing parameters: β1 for the torque values, β2 for the scorch and curing time, and β3 for CRI. High values of coefficient of determination (r2) were computed particularly for MH (98.20%), ΔS (99.13%), ts2(95.68%), tc90(95.70%) and CRI (95.97%) establishing best fit between the model and experimental values.

Source or Periodical Title

Materials Science Forum

ISSN

2555476

Page

50-54

Document Type

Article

Subject

Bentonite, Carbon black, Composites, Curing, Natural rubber, Ternary filler

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