Influence of l-quebrachitol on the properties of centrifuged natural rubber

Autor: Yanfang Zhao, Yan-Chan Wei, Ming-Chao Luo, Benxiang Hu, Gui-Xiang Liu, Shuangquan Liao, Yuanbing Zhou
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: e-Polymers, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 420-427 (2021)
ISSN: 1618-7229
DOI: 10.1515/epoly-2021-0042
Popis: Nonrubber components (NRCs) play an important role in the outstanding mechanical property of natural rubber (NR). The main inositol component of NRCs in natural rubber latex (NRL) is l-quebrachitol. In this study, the influence of l-quebrachitol on the properties of centrifuged natural rubber (CNR) was investigated. The NRL was centrifuged twice to remove most of the NRCs. After that, l-quebrachitol was added in the latex with per hundreds of rubber (phr) vary from 0% to 0.8%, and the vulcanized CNR were prepared. It is shown that the properties of vulcanized CNR were greatly changed, with T 90 reduced from 19 to 15 min, the tensile strength increased from 5 to 9 MPa, T g reduced by about 2°C, and the ability for strain-induced crystallization was enhanced. It was proved by FTIR results that l-quebrachitol was linked to the CNR crosslinking network with ester bond.
Databáze: OpenAIRE