• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2019

China has become the second largest economy since 2010. China's economy is supported by the rapid growth of its automobile industry. The rapid growth of the automobile and tire industry will increase the natural rubber (NR) demand as its primary raw materials. Although as a significant producer, China cannot fulfill the consumption by its domestic production. Thus China relies heavily on import from Southeast Asia countries as the primary producers of natural rubber in the world. China and Southeast Asia are dependent on their economy in terms of the availability of natural rubber as raw materials. But the economic slowdown in China since 2008 is expected to affect the international trading between China and Southeast Asia countries. This research aims to analyze the determinants of NR export from Southeast Asia to China using panel data analysis. The results show NR price, exchange rate, and China's economic slowdown significantly affect NR export to China, while Southeast Asian NR production has no significant effect. China as the main importer of NR from Southeast Asia has a big role in growing NR export in Southeast Asia. If China's economy doesn't improve soon, it will affect the economy in Southeast Asia.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.252-259
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• 2006

천연고무(NR) 라텍스의 원심분리 농축과정의 부산물인 고농도 단백질 함유 스킴 천연고무라텍스(SNRL)를 이용한 고무/점토 나노복합체의 새로운 제조방법을 제시하였다. SNRL과 26% 아크릴로니트릴 함량의 NBR 라텍스의 혼합물에 수분산 유기화 점토(OC)를 첨가하여 혼합하고, 건조 후에 밀혼합과 가황공정을 거쳐 NR/아크릴로니트릴 부타디엔 고무(NBR) 나노복합체를 제조하였다. X-선 회절(XRD) 연구를 통하여 제조된 NR/NBR 블렌드 나노복합체는 층간 삽입이 높은 삽입형과 일부 박리형을 나타내는 것으로 밝혀졌고, 특히 NBR 상이 많은 블렌드에서 그 효과는 더 크게 나타났다. 동적기계적 거동 분석결과 NBR 상이 높은 블렌드가 상용성이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. NR/NBR 25/75 블렌드가 가장 우수한 기계적 강도를 나타내었다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.175-181
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• 2019

The research and development of high-performance polymer materials with excellent gas barrier properties has gained considerable attention from the viewpoint of expanding their applications in various fields, including tire automobile parts and the polymer film industry. Natural rubber (NR) has been widely used as a rubber material in real-life, but its application is limited owing to its poor gas barrier properties. In this paper, we study the gas barrier properties of NR, epoxidized natural rubber (ENR), and their blend compositions by using molecular simulation. The results show that ENR-50 has superior oxygen barrier properties than those of NR. Moreover, the oxygen barrier properties of a blend of NR/ENR-50 improve with increasing volume fraction of ENR-50. The trend of improved oxygen barrier properties of NR, ENR-50, and their blend is in good agreement with experimental observations.

• Advances in materials Research
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2014

Natural rubber bound phenolic antioxidant, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-vinylphenol (2,6-DBVP), was prepared from natural rubber and 2,6-DBVP in both solution and melt state. The 2,6-DBVP had been synthesized from 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and methyltriphenylphosphonium iodide ($MePPh_3I$) by Wittig reaction ($0^{\circ}C$ for 2 hrs, $N_2$ atmosphere). The conditions for preparation of natural rubber bound 2,6-DBVP (NR-DBVP) were optimized for both solution state (1 phr BPO and 8 phr 2,6-DBVP at $70^{\circ}C$ for 2 hrs) and for melt state (1 phr BPO and 8 phr 2,6-DBVP at $70^{\circ}C$ for 10 mins, with rotor speed of 60 rpm). A thermoplastic vulcanizate was obtained using a compatibilizer, polypropylene modified with phenolic resin (PhHRJ-PP), in a closed mixer ($180^{\circ}C$ for 3 mins, rotor speed 60 rpm). The antioxidant properties of vulcanized NR-DBVP, using phenolic as the vulcanization system, were similar to NR with the conventional antioxidant BHT. In addition, the antioxidant, water leaching property of the thermoplastic vulcanizate of NR-DBVP/PP were good in comparison to a NR blend with BHT; the morphologies of these thermoplastic vulcanizates were similar.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.332-340
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• 1999

Hydrogenations of BR and NR performed by a noncatalytic method using p-toluenesulphonylhydrazide were carried out by reactive processing. The experimental procedures for carrying out the reaction were established. Two steps comprising premixing of the rubber with TSH followed by hydrogenation in compression mould were proved to be suitable. The percentages of hydrogenation attained by reactive processing were higher than those of the reaction carried out in solution at the same [TSH]/[C=C] ratio, reaction temperature and time. In-creasing the reaction temperature and reaction time resulted in increases of the percentage of hydrogenation. For BR, the maximum percentage of hydrogenation obtained was 36% at [TSH]/[C=C]=1/1.5. For NR, the highest percentage of hydrogenation was 34% at [TSH]/[C=C]=1/1.5. Cis-trans isomerisation was also observed to occur during hydrogenation of both BR and NR. Thermal stabilities of the hydrogenated BR and NR were shown to improve over those or the unhydrogenated counterparts.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.215-226
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• 2000

고무 조성비가 다른 카본블랙으로 보강된 고무 배합물의 가황 특성을 연구하였다. 한 가지 고무로 이루어진 고무 배합물, 두 가지 고무로 이루어진 고무 배합물, 그리고 세 가지 고무로 이루어진 고무 배합물을 실험 대상으로 삼았다. NR/BR과 SBR/BR 배합물 중에서 BR의 함량이 높은 것의 델타토크는 단일 고무 배합물의 경우보다 높다. 삼중 고무 배합물의 델타 토크의 경우에는 세가지 고무의 함량비가 유사할수록 델타 토크가 낮아졌다. 스코치 시간과 적정 가황 시간은 NR이 증가할수록 빨라졌고 SBR이 증가할수록 느려졌다. 가황 속도는 SBR 함량이 증가할수록 느려졌다. 가교 역전(reversion) 현상은 SBR 함량이 증가할수록 감소하였다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.128-135
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• 2023

To improve the adhesive strength of natural rubber (NR) for a seismic isolation damper, citraconic acid-g-NR (CCA-g-NR) was synthesized via the melt grafting of citraconic acid (CCA) onto NR using an azobisisnomerobutyronitrile (AIBN) initiator. Subsequently, the influence of CCA and AIBN concentrations on the graft ratio G/R (%) and graft efficiency G/E (%) of the CCA-g-NR was investigated. The optimum CCA and AIBN concentrations required to achieve the desired G/R (3.49%) and G/E (49.8%) were found to be 7 phr and 0.13 phr, respectively. Additionally, we studied the influence of CCA-g-NR concentration on the mechanical properties (tensile strength, elongation at break, and modulus at 300%), adhesive strength, and cure characteristics of the rubber compound in the seismic isolation damper. As the concentration of CCA-g-NR increased, the elongation at break and adhesive strength of the compound increased, whereas its tensile strength and modulus at 300% decreased. Moreover, as the concentration increased, the maximum torque decreased and the scorch time was delayed to obtain an optimal vulcanization time.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2021

In this study, the effect of petroleum resin on the mechanical strength, morphology, and vibration damping characteristics of natural rubber (NR) composites was observed. The NR composites plasticized by adding petroleum resin showed decreased hardness and mechanical properties. A morphology analysis indicated that as the amount of petroleum resin increased, carbon black aggregates (or agglomerates) observed at the fracture surface decreased, resulting in an improvement in the dispersibility. In addition, as 20 phr of petroleum resin was added, the effective damping temperature range increased by approximately 11.4%, the hysteresis loss rate increased by 15.2%, and the resilience decreased by 36.6%. Therefore, it was confirmed that the vibration damping characteristics improved with the addition of petroleum resin. This was because the rubber-filler interaction between the NR molecular chain of the NR composite and the carbon black particles improved by the addition of petroleum resin.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.111-120
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• 2001

NR/NBR 혼합고무 컴파운드의 기계적 물성과 아연 및 황동피복 강선과의 접착특성에 대해 NR/NBR 조성비에 대한 함수로 조사하였다. Mooney 점도와 응력이완시간은 NBR 함량의 증가에 따라 감소하였다. NBR 함량증가에 따라 모듈러스는 전반적으로 증가하였고, 인장강도의 경우 NBR 함량이 40 phr 이하일 경우 유사한 수준을 보이다가 $50{\sim}60\;phr$일 때 최소치를 보인 후 다시 증가하는 경향을 보인 반면, 파괴점에서의 변형은 NBR 함량이 50 phr 이하의 범위에서는 선형적인 감소를 보인 후 50 phr 이후에서는 거의 유사한 수준을 보였다. NR/NBR 혼합고무 컴파운드는 NR과 NBR의 유리전이온도인 $-10^{\circ}C$와 $-55^{\circ}C$에서 탄성모듈러스의 급격한 전이와 tan ${\delta}$ 피크를 나타내 비상용성 블렌드의 거동을 나타내었다. 접착력(pullout force)과 rubber coverage 공히 NBR 함량이 증가함에 따라 급격히 감소하여 NR/NBR 혼합비가 50/50인 경우 NR 컴파운드 대비 약 40% 수준을 보였고, 순수한 NBR 컴파운드의 경우 접착력은 다시 증가하여 NR 컴파운드 대비 약 90% 수준의 접착력을 보였다. Auger spectrometer 분석결과 NBR 함량이 증가할수록 황함량이 감소하였고, 이는 강선-고무간 접착계면에서 접착층이 충분히 성장하지 못했다는 것을 의미하고 접착성능 하락의 원인으로 해석하였다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2000

The influence of mastication of natural rubber (NR) on properties of carbon black-filled NR compounds was studied. Variations of viscosities of the masticated NR and the carbon black-filled NR compound by heating were also investigated. The viscosities of the compounds decreased by increasing the mastication time of the raw rubber. The viscosities of the masticated NR and the compounds increased by increasing the heating time. This was explained by the combination reaction between functional groups in the rubber. The viscosity increment of the masticated rubber and the compounds by heating became larger with increased mastication time. Cure rate of the compound became faster by increasing the mastication time. Modulus of the vulcanizate made of the rubber masticated for a long time was higher than that of the vulcanizate made of the rubber masticated for a short time while elongation at break of the former was shorter than that of the latter. This was explained by the content of bound rubber and chain length of the rubber molecules.