Monitoring Thermal Oxidation of Sulfur Crosslinks in SBR-Elastomers by Quantitative Analysis of Sulfur K-Edge XANES-Spectra

2001 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Modrow ◽  
J. Hormes ◽  
F. Visel ◽  
R. Zimmer

Abstract This paper presents a quantitative description of the processes occurring at the sulfur crosslinks of vulcanized rubber during thermo-oxidative aging. To extract this information in a nondestructive way, sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectra have been analyzed quantitatively. We find that reversion takes place before the onset of oxidative processes at the sulfur bridges. Parallel to the oxidative processes, the production of cyclic sulfanes takes place. Both the relative and absolute contributions of the different reactions involving the sulfur crosslinks vary strongly with sample composition. Whereas antidegradants delay the thermo-oxidative aging without actually changing the aging resistance of the sulfur bonds, both the amount of S8/TBBS (N-tert-butylbenzothiazole-2-sulfenamide) and the presence of carbon black in the sample enhance this parameter considerably.

2015 ◽  
Vol 1087 ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
Chanaphan Lamlong ◽  
Wirach Taweepreda ◽  
Rattapong Nu-Mard ◽  
Prayoon Songsiriritthigul

The sulfur crosslinking films from Natural Rubber (NR), Carboxylated Stryrene Butadiene Rubber (XSBR) latices, and their blends have been investigated using X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy (XANES). The film was prepared by casting the latex compound on glass surface and heating at 120oC in a hot air oven for 10 minutes. The sulfur crosslinking density were studied by the XANES. This was done to provide the local geometry and electronic environment of sulfur bonding in the rubber networks. We found that the reversion takes place before the onset of oxidative processes at the sulfur bridges. Parallel to the oxidative processes, the production of cyclic sulfanes takes places. This relationship depends on the rubber compositions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Yamamoto ◽  
Akira Yukumoto

A quantitative analysis of the oxidation state of europium (Eu) in phosphor samples was performed using X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy to investigate the influence of the constituent elements, absorption edge and measurement mode on the evaluated oxidation states.


2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (18) ◽  
pp. 9778-9784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola D’Angelo ◽  
Valentina Migliorati ◽  
Ingmar Persson ◽  
Giordano Mancini ◽  
Stefano Della Longa

Author(s):  
H. Ade ◽  
B. Hsiao ◽  
G. Mitchell ◽  
E. Rightor ◽  
A. P. Smith ◽  
...  

We have used the Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscope at beamline X1A (X1-STXM) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) to acquire high resolution, chemical and orientation sensitive images of polymeric samples as well as point spectra from 0.1 μm areas. This sensitivity is achieved by exploiting the X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) of the carbon K edge. One of the most illustrative example of the chemical sensitivity achievable is provided by images of a polycarbonate/pol(ethylene terephthalate) (70/30 PC/PET) blend. Contrast reversal at high overall contrast is observed between images acquired at 285.36 and 285.69 eV (Fig. 1). Contrast in these images is achieved by exploring subtle differences between resonances associated with the π bonds (sp hybridization) of the aromatic groups of each polymer. PET has a split peak associated with these aromatic groups, due to the proximity of its carbonyl groups to its aromatic rings, whereas PC has only a single peak.


2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 3826-3835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Hesse ◽  
Murielle Salome ◽  
Hiram Castillo-Michel ◽  
Marine Cotte ◽  
Barbara Fayard ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Chen ◽  
Chi Chen ◽  
Chen Zheng ◽  
Shyam Dwaraknath ◽  
Matthew K. Horton ◽  
...  

AbstractThe L-edge X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) is widely used in the characterization of transition metal compounds. Here, we report the development of a database of computed L-edge XANES using the multiple scattering theory-based FEFF9 code. The initial release of the database contains more than 140,000 L-edge spectra for more than 22,000 structures generated using a high-throughput computational workflow. The data is disseminated through the Materials Project and addresses a critical need for L-edge XANES spectra among the research community.


MRS Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (29) ◽  
pp. 1545-1550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas L. McDougall ◽  
Jim G. Partridge ◽  
Desmond W. M. Lau ◽  
Philipp Reineck ◽  
Brant C. Gibson ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTCubic boron nitride (cBN) is a synthetic wide band gap material that has attracted attention due to its high thermal conductivity, optical transparency and optical emission. In this work, defects in cBN have been investigated using experimental and theoretical X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES). Vacancy and O substitutional defects were considered, with O substituted at the N site (ON) to be the most energetically favorable. All defects produce unique signatures in either the B or N K-edges and can thus be identified using XANES. The calculations coupled with electron-irradiation / annealing experiments strongly suggest that ON is the dominant defect in irradiated cBN and remains after annealing. This defect is a likely source of optical emission in cBN.


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