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Effects of Foaming Temperature and Carbon black Content on the Cure Behaviors and Foaming Characteristics of the Natural Rubber Foams  

Choi, Kyo-Chang (R&D Center, Hwa-Seung & Automotives)
Kim, Joon-Hyung (R&D Center, Hwa-Seung & Automotives)
Yoon, Jin-Min (R&D Center, Hwa-Seung & Automotives)
Kim, Soo-Yeon (R&D Center, Hwa-Seung & Automotives)
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Elastomers and Composites / v.41, no.3, 2006 , pp. 147-156 More about this Journal
Abstract
To investigate the influence of the foaming temperature and carbon black content on the cure behaviors and foaming characteristics of the foams. natural rubber (NR) was foamed at five temperature zones (145, 150, 155, 160 and $165^{\circ}C$) and different feeding ratios of the carbon black. A decreasing trend of the scorch time, $t_{s2}$ and cure time, $t_{90}$ was observed upon increasing foaming temperature and carbon black content. The optimal temperature for vulcanization and foaming of NRs in this study was considered to be $165^{\circ}C$ where density of the loomed NRs is lower than those at other four temperature regions. The rule rate index of the NRs foamed at $145^{\circ}C$ is smaller than those at 150, 155, 160 and $165^{\circ}C$. The results of the expansion ratio and micrographs of the foamed NRs were founded to support the density characteristics. The thickness of each of the struts formed inside the rubber matrix decreases with increasing the foaming temperature, while it increases with increasing the carbon black content.
Keywords
vulcanization temperature; cure behavior; foaming; cure rate index;
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