• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.188-196
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• 2022

Styrene-butadiene rubber(SBR) is a copolymer of styrene and butadiene. It is composed of 1,2-unit, 1,4-unit, and styrene, and its properties are dependent on its microstructure. In general, rubber composites contain a single rubber or a blended rubber. Similarly, SBR is used by mixing with natural rubber(NR) and butadiene rubber(BR). The composition of a rubber article affects its physical and chemical properties. Herein, an analytical method for determining the microstructure of SBR using via pyrolysis is introduced. Pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry is widely used to analyze the microstructure of polymeric materials. The microstructure of SBR can be determined by analyzing the principal pyrolysis products formed from SBR, such as 4-vinylcyclohexene, styrene, 2-phenylpropene, 3-phenylcyclopentene, and 4-phenylcyclohexene. An analytical method for determining the composition of SBR/NR, SBR/BR, and SBR/NR/BR blends via pyrolysis is introduced. The composition of blended rubber can be determined by analyzing the principal pyrolysis products formed from each rubber component.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.455-465
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 층상실리케이트에 Octylamine(OA), Dodecylamine(DA), Dimethyldodecylamine(DDA), Octadecylamine(ODA)와 같은 아민류을 사용하여 Organo-montmorillonite(MMT)를 합성한 후 Natural Rubber(NR)와 혼합하여 NR/MMT 나노복합체를 제조하였다. Organo-MMT 및 NR/MMT 나노복합체의 층간거리는 XRD를 사용하여 측정하였으며 NR/MMT 나노복합체의 모폴로지는 SEM을 통하여 관찰하였다. Organo-MMT의 구조분석은 FT-IR을 사용하였다. NR/MMT 나노복합체의 표면 자유에너지, 가황특성, 인장강도, 모듈러스 및 경도는 Contact angle meter, ODR, UTM 및 경도계로 관찰하였다. FT-IR 구조분석으로 MMT 층간에 알킬암모늄 이온의 도입을 확인하였다. 스코치 시간과 적정 가황 시간은 Organo-MMT를 사용한 경우에 단축되었다. NR/DDA-MMT 나노복합체의 표면 자유에너지와 인장강도가 가장 컸다. NR/ODA-MMT 나노복합체의 경도는 가장 컸다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.628-634
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• 2000

Crosslink is the most important chemistry in a rubber vulcanizate. Degree and type of crosslinks of the vulcanizate determine its physical properties. Change of crosslink density and deformation of a rubber vulcanizate by thermal aging were studied using natural rubber (NR) vulcanizates with various cure systems (conventional, semi-EV, and EV) and different cure times (under-, optimum-, and overture). All the NR vulcanizates were deformed by the thermal aging at 60-100 $^{\circ}C.$ The higher the aging temperature is, the more degree of the deformation is. The undercured NR vulcanizates after the thermal aging were deformed more than the optimumand overcured ones. The NR vulcanizates with the EV cure system were less deformed than those with the conventional and semi-EV cure systems. The deformation of the NR vulcanizates was found to be due to change of the crosslink density of the vulcanizates. The crosslink densities of all the vulcanizates after the extraction of organic materials were also changed by the thermal ging. The sources to change the crosslink densities of the vulcanizates by the thermal aging were found to be dissociation of the existing sulfur crosslink and the formation of new crosslinks by free sulfur, reaction products of curing agents, and pendent sulfide groups.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2000

Applicability of Thermal field flow fractionation (ThFFF) was investigated for the analysis of masticated natural rubber (NR) adhesives produced bya hot melt mastication process. An optimum ThFFF condition for NR analysis was found by using tetrahydrofuran (THF) as a solvent/carrier and a field-programming. Low flowrate (0.3 mL/min) was used to avoid stopping the flow for the sample relaxation. Measured molecular weight distribution was used to monitor degradation of rubber during the mastication process. Rubber samples collected at three different stages of the mastication process and were analyzed by ThFFF. It was found that in an anaerobic process rubber degradation occurs at the resin-mixing (compounding) zone as well as in the initial break-down zone, while in an aerobic process most of degradation occurs at the initial breakdown zone. It was also found that E-beam radiation on NR causes a slight increase in the NR molecular weight due to the formation of a branched structure.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.41-57
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• 2022

Electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) based on solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have gained an immense recognition in the present world due to their unique properties. This study is about preparing and characterizing EDLCs using a natural rubber (NR) based SPE with natural graphite (NG) electrodes. NR electrolyte was consisted with 49% methyl grafted natural rubber (MG49) and zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate ((Zn(CF₃SO₃)₂-ZnTF). It was characterized using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) test, dc polarization test and linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) test. NG electrodes were made using a slurry of NG and acetone. EIS test, cyclic voltammetry (CV) test and galvanostatic charge discharge (GCD) test have been done to characterize the EDLC. Optimized electrolyte composition with NR: 0.6 ZnTF (weight basis) exhibited a conductivity of 0.6 x 10^-4 Scm^-1 at room temperature. Conductivity was predominantly due to ions. The electrochemical stability window was found to be from 0.25 V to 2.500 V. Electrolyte was sandwiched between two identical NG electrodes to fabricate an EDLC. Single electrode specific capacitance was about 2.26 Fg^-1 whereas the single electrode discharge capacitance was about 1.17 Fg^-1. The EDLC with this novel NR-ZnTF based SPE evidences its suitability to be used for different applications with further improvement.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2001

A premixing effect for the properties of carbon black-filled rubber compounds was investigated using biblends of natural rubber (NR), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), and butadiene rubber (BR). Degree of mixing of the biblends was controlled by preblending time of 0.0, 2.5, and 5.0 min. Mooney viscosities of the compounds decreased by increasing the preblending time. Of three carbon black-filled compounds of NR/SBR, NR/BR, and SBR/BR compounds, only the SBR/BR blends showed a specific cure characteristics depending on the preblending time. For the bound rubber composition, the NR content was higher than SBR and BR. The difference in the rubber composition ratio of the bound rubber became smaller with increasing the preblending time. Physical properties of the vulcanizates such as hardness, modulus, tensile property, abrasion loss, and tans were also compared. Differences in properties of the compounds were discussed with miscibility of the dissimilar rubbers and degree of mixing.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.168-174
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• 2018

Natural rubber (NR) and bromo-isobutylene-isoprene rubber (BIIR) were compounded with other formulation chemicals through polymer blending via a mechanical mixing method. After rubber vulcanization by hot-press compression molding, the cure characteristics, mechanical properties, and ozone resistance of the NR/BIIR blends were measured. As the BIIR content increased, the maximum torque of the blends decreased, while the optimum cure time and scorch time tended to increase. Furthermore, the hardness of the blends increased with increasing BIIR content, reaching the maximum value at 75 wt% BIIR, and decreased with a further increase in the BIIR loading. The tensile strength and elongation at break decreased with an increase in the BIIR content, reaching the minimum value at 75 wt% BIIR, and increased with a further increase in the BIIR content. In the ozone resistance test, cracks were not generated when the BIIR content was more than 75 wt%.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2001

이 연구의 목적은 카본블랙이 충전된 천연고무에서 비 등방성 발생에 영향을 주는 인자를 조사하기 위함이다. 고분자 사슬의 방향성은 인장특성에 영향을 준다. Pre-strained 방향의 parallel 시편은 등방성 혹은 perpendicular 시편에 비하여 낮은 인장영역에서 낮은 강도를 보이지만 높은 신장영역에서 높은 강도를 보인다. 고 인장 영역에서 parallel한 천연고무 시편은 비결정성인 SBR에 비하여 높은 강도를 보여주고 있다. 이것은 parallel 시편의 방향성에 영향을 받는 것으로, 시편의 방향성은 2차 인장시 결정화를 위한 핵으로 작용하여 결정화도를 증가시키는 것으로 보인다.

• 공업화학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.399-404
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• 2018

타이어 트레드 컴파운드와 천연 및 합성 고무 접착제 종류에 따른 가황 전/후의 점착력과 접착력 차이를 비교하였다. 가황 전 점착력은 모든 트레드에서 천연고무 시멘트가 가장 강하고, 시간의 경과에 따른 점착력 감소도 천연고무 시멘트가 합성고무 시멘트보다 낮았다. 가황 전 점착력은 시멘트에 사용된 고무의 유리전이온도에 영향을 받았으며, 천연고무가 합성고무에 비해 시간의 경과에 따른 점착력 감소도 적었다. 가황 후 접착력은 천연고무 시멘트가 천연고무가 주성분인 트레드에 강하게 접착하지만 합성고무가 주성분인 트레드에는 약하게 접착했다. 반면 유화중합 SBR, 용액중합 SBR 시멘트는 모든 트레드 컴파운드에 강하게 접착하였고, 시멘트 고무의 가황 속도가 느릴수록 강한 접착력을 보였다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2010

천연고무와 실리콘고무에 자기장응답형 분말을(Magnetic Responsible Powder; MRP) 배합하여 자기장응답형 엘라스토머(Magneto-rheological Elastomer; MRE)를 제조하였다. MRP의 최적 사용량은 30 vol.% 였으며 천연고무 기반 MRE의 기계적 물성은 실리콘고무 기반 MRE 보다 우수했지만, magneto-rheological (MR) 효과는 실리콘고무 기반 MRE가 더욱 우수하였다. MR 효과는 Self-modified Electromagnet Applied Fast Fourier Transform Analyser (SEFFTA)를 사용하여 측정되었는데 천연고무 기반 MRE의 경우는 10%, 실리콘고무 기반 MRE의 경우는 최대 35.7%까지 나타내었다. 네오디뮴 자석을 이용하여 MRE를 경화시키기 전 MRP를 선 배향 시킬 경우 더욱 우수한 MR 효과를 얻을 수 있었으며, MRP의 배향은 주사전자현미경을 이용하여 분석하였다.