Use of Synthetic Rubber in Footwear

Abstract Rubbery vinylpyridine-butadiene copolymers, containing 20–65% by weight of vinylpyridine monomer units, are effective coactivators of vulcanization for TBBS-accelerated sulfur-vulcanized SBR. In addition to emulsion SBR, the new co-activator has been evaluated in copositions of solution SBR, BR, NR, and various blends. The co-activator is active in all of the compositions which contain butadiene-derived synthetic rubber. This includes blends such as SBR/BR, solution-SBR/BR, SBR/NR, BR/NR, SBR/BR/NR, etc. There is little or no activity in which NR is the only polymer. The most efficacious copolymers contain between 30 and 60% 2-vinylpyridine. The incorporation of such a copolymer into an unvulcanized butadiene-derived rubber mix can give a substantial increase in the rate of crosslink formation with only a minimum loss of scorch resistance. Since the polymeric coactivators are very high in molecular weight, it can be at least tentatively concluded that they will not migrate from one component stock to another in a built-up multi-stock rubber article, either before or during vulcanization. Since the curing characteristics of a vinylpyridine-copolymer-containing TBBS-accelerated stock can be similar to those of TBBS-accelerated NR, it might be concluded that the new additives will solve some of the problems in balancing the cures of adjacent NR and SBR stocks in a multicomponent cured rubber article.

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Alternative of bone china and porcelain as ceramic hand molds for rubber latex glove films formation via dipping process

REVIEWS ON ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE ◽

10.1515/rams-2020-0042 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 523-537

Author(s):

Chaturaphat Tharasana ◽

Aniruj Wongaunjai ◽

Puwitoo Sornsanee ◽

Vichasharn Jitprarop ◽

Nuchnapa Tangboriboon

Keyword(s):

Thermal Expansion ◽

Flexural Strength ◽

Thermal Expansion Coefficient ◽

Expansion Coefficient ◽

Mold Surface ◽

Rubber Latex ◽

Latex Glove ◽

Bone China ◽

Synthetic Rubber ◽

Natural And Synthetic

AbstractIn general, the main compositions of porcelain and bone china composed of 54-65%wt silica (SiO2), 23-34% wt alumina (Al2O3) and 0.2-0.7%wt calcium oxide (CaO) suitable for preparation high quality ceramic products such as soft-hard porcelain products for teeth and bones, bioceramics, IC substrate and magneto-optoelectroceramics. The quality of ceramic hand mold is depended on raw material and its properties (pH, ionic strength, solid-liquid surface tension, particle size distribution, specific surface area, porosity, density, microstructure, weight ratio between solid and water, drying time, and firing temperatures). The suitable firing conditions for porcelain and bone china hand-mold preparation were firing at 1270°C for 10 h which resulted in superior working molds for making latex films from natural and synthetic rubber. The obtained fired porcelain hand molds at 1270°C for 10 h provided good chemical durability (10%NaOH, 5%HCl and 10%wtNaCl), low thermal expansion coefficient (5.8570 × 10−6 (°C−1)), good compressive (179.40 MPa) and good flexural strength (86 MPa). While thermal expansion coefficient, compressive and flexural strength of obtained fired bone china hand molds are equal to 6.9230 × 10−6 (°C−1), 128.40 and 73.70 MPa, respectively, good acid-base-salt resistance, a smooth mold surface, and easy hand mold fabrication. Both obtained porcelain and bone china hand molds are a low production cost, making them suitable for natural and synthetic rubber latex glove formation.

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Electrical Properties of Novel Lead Zirconate/Synthetic Rubber Composite Materials

Energy Research Journal ◽

10.3844/erjsp.2011.34.37 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 34-37

Author(s):

M.

Keyword(s):

Composite Materials ◽

Electrical Properties ◽

Lead Zirconate ◽

Synthetic Rubber ◽

Rubber Composite

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Natural and Synthetic Rubber. IV. 4-Methyl-4-Octene by Isoprene Ethylation

Rubber Chemistry and Technology ◽

10.5254/1.3535508 ◽

1930 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 483-484

Author(s):

Thomas Midgley ◽

Albert L. Henne

Keyword(s):

Double Bond ◽

Synthetic Rubber ◽

Double Bond System ◽

Bond System ◽

Usual Behavior ◽

Natural And Synthetic ◽

Long Chains

Abstract Isoprene has been ethylated; 4-methyl-4-octene was formed exclusively. The structure of this nonene is in agreement with the usual behavior of a conjugated double bond system. This type of addition is further evidence in favor of the hypothesis which regards the polymerization of isoprene to synthetic rubber as the formation of long chains of isoprene units linked together- by ordinary valences in the 1,4-position.

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