scholarly journals Effect of hybrid reinforcement based on precipitated silica and montmorillonite nanofillers on the mechanical properties of a silicone rubber

2013 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 1909-1921 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.I. Nik Ismail ◽  
A. Ansarifar ◽  
M. Song
2001 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang E. Shim ◽  
A. I. Isayev

Abstract This investigation involves the recycling of precipitated silica-filled silicone rubber using a continuous ultrasonic reactor. The processing conditions utilized in devulcanization of the filled systems were similar to those in our previous work on unfilled systems. Significant differences were observed in devulcanization of unfilled and filled systems. A decrease in gel fraction and crosslink density was sufficient for devulcanized silica-filled silicone rubber to be reprocessed and revulcanized. The cure behavior of silicone rubber and the mechanical properties of virgin, and revulcanized rubber were measured. Results showed that unfilled silicone rubbers gave no change in vulcanizate mechanical properties after revulcanization. However, in the filled rubbers there was a decrease in the mechanical properties of revulcanizates. In order to achieve an improvement in the properties, devulcanized filled rubbers were blended with virgin filled rubber in various proportions. The obtained results indicated a considerable enhancement of the performance characteristics of these blend vulcanizates.


2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 1525-1529
Author(s):  
S. A. Muslov ◽  
D. I. Polyakov ◽  
A. I. Lotkov ◽  
A. G. Stepanov ◽  
S. D. Arutyunov

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 2413
Author(s):  
Mariapaola Staropoli ◽  
Vincent Rogé ◽  
Enzo Moretto ◽  
Joffrey Didierjean ◽  
Marc Michel ◽  
...  

The improvement of mechanical properties of polymer-based nanocomposites is usually obtained through a strong polymer–silica interaction. Most often, precipitated silica nanoparticles are used as filler. In this work, we study the synergetic effect occurring between dual silica-based fillers in a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)/polybutadiene (PBD) rubber matrix. Precipitated Highly Dispersed Silica (HDS) nanoparticles (10 nm) have been associated with spherical Stöber silica nanoparticles (250 nm) and anisotropic nano-Sepiolite. By imaging filler at nano scale through Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, we have shown that anisotropic fillers align only in presence of a critical amount of HDS. The dynamic mechanical analysis of rubber compounds confirms that this alignment leads to a stiffer nanocomposite when compared to Sepiolite alone. On the contrary, spherical 250 nm nanoparticles inhibit percolation network and reduce the nanocomposite stiffness.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhuan Zhang ◽  
Zhaoping Deng ◽  
Hongwei Yuan ◽  
Shikai Luo ◽  
Huayin Wen ◽  
...  

AbstractIn this paper, silicone rubber materials with foam/solid alternating multilayered structures were successfully constructed by combining the two methods of multilayered hot-pressing and supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) foaming. The cellular morphology and mechanical properties of the foam/solid alternating multilayered silicone rubber materials were systematically studied. The results show that the growth of the cell was restrained by the solid layer, resulting in a decrease in the cell size. In addition, the introduction of the solid layer effectively improved the mechanical properties of the microcellular silicone rubber foam. The tensile strength and compressive strength of the foam/solid alternating multilayered silicone rubber materials reached 5.39 and 1.08 MPa, which are 46.1% and 237.5% of the pure silicone rubber foam, respectively. Finite element analysis (FEA) was applied and the results indicate that the strength and proportion of the solid layer played important roles in the tensile strength of the foam/solid alternating multilayered silicone rubber materials. Moreover, the small cellular structures in silicone rubber foam can provided a high supporting counterforce during compression, meaning that the microcellular structure of silicone rubber foam improved the compressive property compared to that for the large cellular structure of silicone rubber foam.


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