Effects of the Types of Rubber and Carbon Black on the Formation of Carbon-Rubber Gel

1959 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 1185-1191
Author(s):  
Z. V. Chernykh ◽  
V. G. Epshtein
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Black ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Gel Formation ◽  
Active Carbons ◽  
Carbon Blacks ◽  
Bond Stability ◽  
Carbon Structures ◽  
Bound Rubber

Abstract 1. Carbon-rubber gels are formed in mixtures containing all the types of carbon black tested (channel, acetylene, nozzle, furnace, thermal) and not only active carbons. 2. The amount of carbon-rubber gel formed depends on the amount of carbon black added. With carbon blacks which readily form continuous carbon structures (channel, acetylene) the amounts of gel are greater than with nonstructural blacks, for the same amount of black added. 3. The amount of gel is greater in synthetic than in natural rubber mixtures. 4. More intense extraction conditions do not cause disappearance of the gel, but increase the amount of bound rubber and decrease the amount of carbon in the gel. 5. The carbon-rubber gels formed from structural carbons contain larger amounts of bound rubber. 6. It is suggested that bond stability between carbon black particles (characterized by the formation of a carbon black structure) is one of the basic causes of carbon-rubber gel formation.

Structure and Properties of Loaded Rubber Mixtures. X. Alteration of Carbon Black Structures by Heat Treatment

1953 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 821-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Dogadkin ◽  
K. Pechkovskaya ◽  
Ts Mil'man
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Carbon Black ◽  
Electric Resistivity ◽  
Structure And Properties ◽  
Prolonged Heating ◽  
Carbon Blacks ◽  
Exponential Law ◽  
Carbon Structures ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bonds ◽  
Carbon Bonds

Abstract 1. Raising the temperature of vulcanizates containing carbon black causes changes in the carbon structures, which can be estimated by the value of specific electric resistivity ρ and the index n in the equation: I=cVn, relating the strength of the current I with the voltage V. 2. These changes are nearly independent of the type of rubber and are governed chiefly by the type of carbon black. 3. The change of electric resistivity of vulcanizates with temperature follows an exponential law, and can be expressed by the equation : ρt=ρ0 eαt. 4. The sign of the coefficient α is negative for vulcanizates containing channel carbon black, and positive for those containing nozzle black or lamp black. 5. Heating of vulcanizates (up to 100°) for 30 minutes causes destruction of the nozzle black and lamp black particles, but causes little apparent destruction of channel black structures. 6. Prolonged heating (10 hours or more) at temperatures above 60° C causes destruction of the particles of all the carbon blacks studied. This detruction is more extensive in the case of nozzle and lamp blacks than in the case of channel black. 7. During heat treatment of mixtures containing channel black, it is chiefly the carbon-rubber bonds that are destroyed (the index n decreases); whereas in mixtures containing nozzle, furnace and lamp blacks, it is chiefly the carbon-carbon bonds that are destroyed (the index n increases). 8. The higher the temperature during deformation and relaxation, the greater is the degree of restoration of the carbon structures which are destroyed during deformation. 9. The degree of restoration of the carbon structures under identical conditions of deformation and relaxation of vulcanizates containing nozzle black is greater than that of corresponding vulcanizates containing channel black.

Reactions of Polymers in Bulk. I. Influence of Fillers on the Degree of Crosslinking of Natural Rubber

1962 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 563-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Janacek
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Black ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Contact Surface ◽  
Chemical Nature ◽  
Chain Structure ◽  
Filler Concentration ◽  
Carbon Blacks

Abstract The relation between the degree of crosslinking determined by means of swelling and the theoretical total contact surface of rubber to carbon black was investigated with vulcanizates of two elastomers which were cured by various vulcanization methods and using various concentrations—even extremely high ones—of carbon blacks with different specific surface, degrees of chain structure and chemical activities. A constant, α, the magnitude of which generally depends upon the degree of agglomeration of the carbon blacks and on the chemical nature of their surface as well as on the polymers used and the vulcanization method, but which is practically unrelated to the filler concentration, has been proposed to express the relative crosslinking activity of carbon blacks.

Influence of Carbon Black on the Oxidation of Natural Rubber

1953 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 862-868
Author(s):  
G. J. van Amerongen
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Carbon Black ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Oxidation Reaction ◽  
Catalytic Action ◽  
Particle Sizes ◽  
Carbon Blacks ◽  
Aging Resistance ◽  
Solubility Of Oxygen

Abstract In this investigation an attempt was made to determine to what extent the solubility of oxygen in natural rubber and the aging resistance are influenced by the incorporation of carbon blacks of various particle sizes in the rubber. The influence of the particle size of carbon black on the oxidizability of GR-S loaded with carbon black had already been proved by Winn, Shelton, and Turnbull. In their explanation of this effect, carbon black was considered to be a catalyst for the oxidation reaction of rubber, although nothing was known about the nature of this catalytic action. Moreover, measurements with natural rubber were lacking.

Carbon Black Treadwear Ratings from Laboratory Tests

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Dannenberg
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Black ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
Wear Performance ◽  
Carbon Blacks ◽  
Bound Rubber ◽  
Road Testing

Abstract It has been seen from the above survey that a few of the treadwear predictor correlations have the required accuracy to provide a satisfactory alternative to road testing of tires for the wear performance of carbon blacks, depending on requirements and circumstances. Correlations based on laboratory rubber testing of rubber mixes and tread compounds are to be preferred over those based solely on carbon black colloidal and morphological measurements. In the author's opinion, Cotten and Dannenberg's correlation of treadwear index with Angle Abrasion measurements of 30 phr compounds and heated bound rubber, and Westlinning and Wolff's correlation with rebound resilience, and the Monsanto Rheometer determination of αF are satisfactory in most instances for the prediction of the treadwear index behavior of carbon blacks.

Effect of Carbon Blacks on Swelling of Neoprene GRM-10 Vulcanizates

1949 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 812-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. L. Catton ◽  
D. C. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Black ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Compression Modulus ◽  
Tension Stress ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Carbon Blacks ◽  
Reinforcing Fillers ◽  
Swelling Characteristics ◽  
Natural Rubber Vulcanizates

Abstract Reinforcement of elastomers with fillers has generally been measured by physical properties, such as tension stress-strain, tear resistance, hardness, and compression modulus. To a more limited extent, swelling in solvents has been recognized as associated with reinforcement. In natural-rubber vulcanizates it has been demonstrated that reinforcing fillers impart greater resistance to solvents and oils than do nonreinforcing types. Addition of the latter gives only the reduction in swelling attributable to elastomer dilution. In the case of Neoprene vulcanizates, Catton and Fraser reported that fillers function only as elastomer diluents and that those fillers commonly considered as of the reinforcing type impart no greater resistance to solvents than the nonreinforcing type. More recently, however, Buist and Mottram, in describing the effects of carbon blacks on the physical properties of natural rubber and Neoprene, reported that with both of these elastomers compounds containing thermal type carbon black gave slightly greater swelling in benzene than compounds containing equal loadings of other types of carbon black. With Neoprene, they reported good correlation between moduli and swelling characteristics.

Mixing of Carbon Black with Rubber I. Measurement of Dispersion Rate by Changes in Mixing Torque

1984 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
George R. Cotten
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Black ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
Butadiene Rubber ◽  
Mixing Process ◽  
Carbon Blacks ◽  
Bound Rubber ◽  
Power Peak ◽  
Dispersive Mixing ◽  
Carbon Black Dispersion

Abstract Analysis of the torque data obtained for a large range of carbon blacks in an oil-extended butadiene rubber (CB-441) shows that the rate of decrease of torque (after the second power peak) follows first order kinetics. The rate of decrease represents the rate of reduction in effective filled volume fraction through dispersion of carbon black agglomerates, and thus, a reduction in the volume of rubber occluded between individual aggregates within the agglomerates. The assumption that the rate of torque reduction is proportional to the rate of carbon black dispersion was tested by examining the responses to various factors influencing the mixing process. In general, the conclusions reached from the analysis of torque data were in agreement with the common industrial experience and predictions based on the mathematical analysis of dispersive mixing. Tadmor's analysis of dispersive mixing predicts that the rate of agglomerate rupture depends on the number of particle-particle contacts and thus is related to the size of individual aggregates, but is independent of agglomerate size. Thus, it is in agreement with the present findings that the rate of dispersive mixing increases with decreasing surface area and increasing structure of aggregates. Increasing polymer-filler interaction gives rise to a faster rate of dispersive mixing, possibly by increasing the effective radii of aggregates through bound rubber formation. Increasing the batch temperature increases the rate of dispersive mixing due to reduced cohesion between the aggregates and a more favorable balance between cohesive and shearing forces. Increasing carbon black loading increases the rate of dispersive mixing by increasing the viscosity and, thus, shearing forces generated during the mixing process. The technique developed in this work may provide a better means for measuring dispersibility of carbon blacks, since other available methods suffer certain disadvantages. For instance, the resistivity measurements are not only dependent on carbon black dispersion, but also on the chemical nature of its surface, while microscopic methods depend on the examination of very small samples that may not be representative of the whole batch.

A Method for Evaluation of Carbon Blacks and Correlation with Road Wear Ratings

1974 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Cotten ◽  
E. M. Dannenberg
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Black ◽  
Abrasion Resistance ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rubber Content ◽  
Carbon Blacks ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Bound Rubber ◽  
Normal Production

Abstract Prediction of tread wear from laboratory tests can be a valuable guide in the development of improved carbon blacks and controlling the quality of normal production. We have developed two tests which give good correlation with actual road wear data on over 100 experimental blacks. One test involves running Akron angle abrasion on a compound with only 30 phr of carbon black where differences in abrasion resistance are magnified. The other test measures surface activity towards the polymer by determining bound rubber content of a heat-treated nonproductive mix. By using both tests together, tread wear ratings of blacks used in this study could be predicted almost as well as by a single, controlled, multisectional road test with five tires run for 8000–10,000 miles.

Formation of Bound Rubber of GR-S Type Polymers with Carbon Blacks

1952 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 500-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
June Duke ◽  
W. K. Taft ◽  
I. M. Kolthoff
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Carbon Black ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Lower Molecular Weight ◽  
Carbon Blacks ◽  
Bound Rubber ◽  
Temperature Levels ◽  
Black Other ◽  
Lower Carbon

Abstract The bound rubber-black complex formed by milling various GR-S polymers and carbon blacks at several temperature levels was studied. The amount of bound polymer increased with greater loadings of black, but per unit of carbon black, it decreased at the higher black loadings. The temperature of mixing likewise has a large effect—at lower carbon black loadings, higher temperatures increase the amount of binding; the effect ia minimized as the loading is increased until at high loadings (100 to 125 parts of black per 100 parts of rubber) this effect is eliminated. By fractionation of the sol portion, it has been shown that polymer of progressively lower molecular weight is bound as the black loading is increased. Polymer of high molecular weight does not replace bound polymer of lower molecular weight; the polymer of higher molecular weight is preferentially bound during mill mixing. Although more polymer appears to be bound as the conversion is increased from 50 to 72 per cent at a loading of 50 parts of black, other factors besides conversion may be determinative. No differences in relationship were found for polymers made at 122° or 41° F.

New Studies on the Surface Properties of Carbon Blacks

1990 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 747-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Ayala ◽  
W. M. Hess ◽  
A. O. Dotson ◽  
G. A. Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Black ◽  
Hydrogen Content ◽  
Surface Reactivity ◽  
Moisture Adsorption ◽  
Carbon Blacks ◽  
Surface Sites ◽  
Bound Rubber ◽  
Carbon Black Surface ◽  
Black Surface ◽  
Polymer Interaction

Abstract A series of carbon blacks of widely varying morphology and microstructure were analyzed for surface compositional properties employing SIMS, XPS/ESCA, and GC-MS. These studies were supported by bulk analyses for hydrogen and oxygen content. Surface reactivity was assessed by means of inverse gas chromatography, moisture adsorption, and oxidation in an oxygen plasma. To directly assess carbon-black-polymer interaction, the carbon blacks were evaluated in SBR and IIR compounds for stress-strain and dynamic properties as well as bound rubber. The major findings of these studies are: 1. The combined results of hydrogen content, SIMS, and pyrolysis-GC-MS suggest a complex hydrogen functionality at the carbon-black surface, which governs the level of interaction with elastomers. 2. SIMS analyses have shown that the hydrogen functionality at the carbon-black surface is preserved after an 1173 K heat treatment in an inert atmosphere. 3. Gas-solid chromatography results indicate that this technique may be very useful to determine the degree of heterogeneity of a carbon-black surface. It also provides a tool to characterize the nature of the surface sites which are responsible for such a heterogeneity. 4. Moisture-adsorption rates provides a means to explore the reactivity of carbon-black-surface sites. Initial rates of adsorption can be well explained by a second-order-rate mechanism. 5. Bound-rubber development (SBR) and oxygen content per square meter of carbon-black-surface area were directly proportional to the hydrogen content of the black. The hydrogen content is considered to be the primary compositional factor relating to carbon-black-surface activity, while bound rubber and oxygen levels are specific measures of surface reactivity. 6. The slope of the stress-strain curves (or the modulus value) in the λ=1 to 3 region divided by the black networking factor, η (E′ at 2% ptp ÷ at 25% ptp), is sensitive to changes in black-polymer interaction. This ratio (σ/η or M/η) shows an excellent correlation with black hydrogen content and bound rubber (SBR). 7. The σ/η values for SBR and IIR are highly correlated, although the values for SBR are two to three times higher, and there was no measurable bound rubber for any of the IIR compounds. 8. The σ/η values for IIR (λ=2−3) and the oxygen/m2 values were found to be the best discriminators for black-polymer interaction in explaining within-grade treadwear variations in SBR/BR multisection radial-passenger treads.

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