• 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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• 제34권2호
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• pp.156-176
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• 1999

Rubber chemicals such as accelerators, antidegradants, vulcanizing agents, processing agents and retarders are very important to the production and protection of tires and rubber goods. The use of accelerators and antidegradants are evaluated in various tire components. This paper will focus on how to vulcanize tires economically and maintain the physical properties of each tire component without severe degradation due to oxygen, heat and ozone. Also, new non-nitrosoamine accelerators and non-staining antiozonants will be discussed. Lastly, the future requirements of antidegradants and accelerators in the tire industry will be reviewed. Tires have been vulcanized with Sulfenamides as primary accelerators and either Guamdine's or Thiurams as secondary accelerators to achieve proper properties at service conditions. However, interior components such as the carcass can be vulcanized with Thiazoles as a primary accelerator to cure faster than the external components. Using the combination of Sulfenamide with secondary accelerators in a tire tread compound and the combination of a Thiazole and Guanidine in a carcass compound will be presented with performance data. Uniroyal Chemical and another Rubber Chemical Manufacturer have developed, "Tetrabenzyl Thiuram Disulfide," (TBzTD) as a non-Nitrosoamine accelerator, which could replace Nitrosoamine generating Thiurams. This new accelerator has been evaluated in a tread compound as a secondary accelerator. Also, Flexsys has developed N-t-butyl-2-benzothiazole Sulfenamide (TBSI) as a non-Nitrosoamine accelerator which could replace 2-(Morpholinothio) -benzothiazole (MBS), a scorch delayed Sulfendamide accelerator. TBSI has been evaluated in a Natural Rubber (NR) belt skim compound vs. MBS. An optimum low rolling resistant cure system has been developed in a NR tread with Dithiomorpholine (DTDM). Also, future requirements for developing accelerators will be discussed such as the replacement of DTDM and other stable crosslink systems. Antidegradants are divided into two different types for use in tire compounds. Internal tire compounds such as apex, carcass, liner, wire breaker, cushion, base tread and bead compounds are protected by antioxidants against degradation from oxygen and heat due to mechanical shear. The external components such as sidewall, chafer and cap tread com-pounds are protected from ozone by antiozonants and waxes. Various kinds of staining and non-staining antioxidants have been evaluated in a tire carcass compound. Also, various para-phenylene diamine antiozonants have been evaluated in a tire sidewall compound to achieve the improved lifetime of the tire. New non-staining antiozonants such as 2, 4, 6-tris-(N-1, 4-dimethylpentyl-p-phenylene diamine) 1, 3, 5 Trizine (D-37) and un-saturated Acetal (AFS) will be discussed in the tire sidewall to achieve better appearance. The future requirements of antidegradants will be presented to improve tire performance such as durability, better appearance and longer lasting tires.