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Technology of Elastomer Blends: A Brief Review
Author(s): Brendan Rodgers (Author)
- Publication Date: 1 Sept. 2021
- Language: English
- Print length: 48 pages
- ISBN-10: B09FCNJY85
Book Description
Blending of polymers and specifically elastomers is done for principally two reasons, first, improvement of the technical properties of the base elastomer, and second, improved compounded polymer processing behavior1,2. Processing would include mixing, extrusion, and sheeting of rubber compounds which will also contain oils, carbon blacks, and other organic and inorganic chemicals. Technical properties such as mechanical and dynamic characteristics are impacted by the selection of elastomers in a blend, vulcanization system ingredient distribution in the blend, and filler distribution between elastomer phases. Filler distribution will be affected by the type of elastomers, molecular weight of each of the different polymers, mixing method, and polymer-filler interaction. The discussion is broad in that both elastomer blends and terpolymers are presented along with examples of blends used in tires.
