Effect of compatibilisers on the cure characteristics and mechanical properties of ternary rubber blend composites
ISSN: 0369-9420
Article publication date: 14 January 2022
Issue publication date: 27 January 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to study the effects of various compatibilisers (maleic anhydride (MAH), methyl methacrylate/butyl acrylate emulsion lattice, and adhesion system (HRH)) on properties of carbon black (CB) filled with natural rubber (NR)/styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)/ nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) blends). A series of NR/SBR/NBR blends at a 30/30/40 blend ratio reinforced with 45 phr of CB was prepared using the master-batch method.
Design/methodology/approach
The tensile properties such as the tensile strength, stress at 100, 200 and 300% elongations, and elongation at break (EB)% were studied. Additionally, the morphological properties of compatibilised and uncompatibilised composites were compared to determine the optimal compatibiliser content.
Findings
The influence of compatibilisers appeared on all the properties studied. The properties of the blends compatibilised with prepared emulsion are very distinct from those of blends compatibilised with MAH and adhesion systems.
Research limitations/implications
Interactions among the different components of blends at the interfaces have a high impact on the interfacial properties of the rubber blend.
Practical implications
Compatibilisers significantly improve the physicomechanical properties of the resulting composites with the loading of investigated compatibilisers because of the uniform dispersion of CB in the rubber matrix.
Social implications
Using blends in the rubber industry leads to high-efficiency production of low-cost products.
Originality/value
The rubber blending has a significant positive effect on a wide range of applications such as structural applications, aerospace, military, packaging, tires and biomedical. Hence, improving the compatibility of blends will make new materials suitable for new applications.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Polymers and Pigments Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. Also, the authors thank the Mechanical Engineering Department, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
Citation
Abdelsalam, A.A., El-Sabbagh, S.H., Mohamed, W.S., Li, J., Wang, L., Ismail, H., Abdelmoneim, A. and Khozami, M.A. (2023), "Effect of compatibilisers on the cure characteristics and mechanical properties of ternary rubber blend composites", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 52 No. 2, pp. 246-256. https://doi.org/10.1108/PRT-10-2021-0123
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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