• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.128-137
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• 2016

The effect of the surface area of silicas on their reinforcing performance to styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) compounds was systematically investigated. The feasibility of the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area ($S_{BET}$) as a parameter representing the characteristics of the silicas was discussed compared to the mesopore volume, c value, oil absorption, and uptake of silane. The increase in $S_{BET}$ of silicas caused a considerable increase in Mooney viscosity, minimum torque, and hysteresis loss of the silica-filled SBR compounds, while significantly enhancing their abrasion property. These changes were explained by the attrition between the hydrophilic silica surface and the hydrophobic rubber chains. As expected, the change in $S_{BET}$ did not induce any remarkable changes in the cure, processing, tensile, and dynamic properties of the silica-filled SBR compounds because the crosslinking density of the rubber chains mainly determined these properties.

• 고무기술
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• 제17권1_2호
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• pp.18-33
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• 2016

• Carbon letters
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.190-197
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• 2009

Various silanes, amino silane, vinyl silane, sulfur silane (TESPD), and ZS (TESPD/zinc soap complex), are added into chlorinated isobutylene-isoprene copolymer (CIIR)/soft clay/carbon black (CB) and CIIR/hard clay/CB compounds and they are investigated with respect to the vulcanization characteristics, the processability, and the mechanical properties. Comparing hard clay and soft clay filled compounds, hard clay (Suprex) filled system shows a higher die C tear than the soft clay (GK) filled one. The other properties (Mooney, extrusion torque/pressure, torque rise ($M_H-M_L$), modulus at 300%) are close to each other. Among various silanes, the ZS treated hard clay (Suprex) compound shows the highest mechanical property following hard clay(S)/vinyl silane(V) and soft clay(GK)/vinyl silane(V) compounds. The TESPD and the ZS effectively helps a formation of a strong 3-dimensional network structure between silica and CIIR via coupling reaction due to bifunctional nature of TESPD. In addition to that, the ZS added compounds show both a better processability and mechanical properties compared to the S2 ones at low concentration due to improved compatibility between zinc soap and CIIR matrix. Only the ZS added compound shows both improved processabilities (Mooney, Extrusion torque-& pressure) and improved mechanical properties (degree of crosslinking, elongation modulus, tear, and fatigue to failure counts) on both CIIR/hard clay/CB and CIIR/soft clay/CB compounds.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2012

실리카가 충전된 천연고무 복합소재 내에서 실란 함량의 증가가 실리카간의 구조 발달 상수 (${\alpha}_F$)에 미치는 영향을 비교하였다. 동일한 실리카양 (10, 20, 30, 40 phr)에서 실란의 함량 (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12%)이 증가할수록 ${\alpha}_F$값이 증가하는 경향이 나타났다. 이는 실란내 존재하는 황이 가교에 참여하였기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 또한 실란 함량이 같은 조건에서 실리카양이 증가할수록 ${\alpha}_F$값이 증가하였는데 이는 실리카 간 상호관계가 증가하였기 때문인 것으로 판단된다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2011

실란커플링제인 bis-(3-triethoxysilpropyl)tetrasulfide (TESPT)가 실리카 충전 오일씰용 NBR 복합소재의 물성에 미치는 영향에 대하여 연구하였다. 복합소재의 가교거동과 가교밀도는 ODR (oscillating disk rheometer)과 톨루엔 팽윤비 시험을 통하여 측정하였으며, 기계적 물성은 가황물을 공기 내열 노화 및 ASTM No.3 oil에 내유 노화시켜 시험 전 후 값을 UTM (universal testing machine)과 Shore A 경도계를 사용하여 측정하였다. 오일씰의 성능과 수명에 큰 영향을 미치는 복합소재의 탄성회복은 가황물에 굽힘 변형을 주어 노화시킨 후 시편이 회복되는 길이를 측정하여 회복 각(angle of recovery)을 계산하였으며, 저온에서의 탄성회복거동은 TR (temperature retraction) 시험을 통하여 측정하였다. 또한, Taber식 마모시험기를 사용하여 가황물의 내마모성을 측정하고 SEM(scanning electron microscope)을 사용하여 마모면의 형상을 관찰하였다. 시험결과 실리카가 충전된 복합물에 TESPT가 첨가되면 복합물의 흐름성이 향상되고 실리카와 NBR 간의 상호작용 및 가황물의 가교밀도가 향상되어 가황물의 경도, 100% 모듈러스, 탄성회복성, 내마모성, 내열노화성 및 ASTM No.3 오일에 대한 내유성이 향상됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 organoclay를 혼합한 NR/BR blend의 가황특성, 동적점탄성 및 기계적 물성을 carbon black 및 silica를 함유한 배합고무와 비교 평가하였다. Solution 혼합법을 이용함으로써 광범위한 나노 복합체를 제조할 수 있었으며, 충전제의 함량은 10phr로 고정하였다. XRD 실험으로 clay의 삽입 및 박리정도를 측정하였다. 통상적인 혼합법을 이용할 경우 clay의 박리 또는 삽입정도가 미약한 반면 solution 혼합법을 이용할 경우 광범위한 박리형태의 clay 배합고무를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다. Clay 배합고무는 carbon black 및 silica를 함유한 배합고무에 비해 높은 tan ${\delta}$값을 나타내며, solution 혼합법을 이용할 경우 통상적인 혼합법에 의해 제조된 clay 배합고무에 비해 우수한 기계적 물성을 가짐을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.306-313
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• 2020

To investigate the reinforcing effects of functional fillers in nitrile rubber (NBR) materials, high-structure carbon black (HS45), coated calcium carbonate (C-CaCO3), silica (200MP), and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were used as functional filler, and carbon black (SRF) as a common filler were used for oil-resistant rubber. The curing and mechanical properties of HS45-, 200MP-, and MWCNT-filled NBR compounds were improved compared to those of the SRF-filled NBR compound. The reinforcing effect also increased with a decrease in the particle size of the fillers. The C-CaCO3-filled NBR compound exhibited no reinforcing effect with increasing filler concentration because of their large primary particle size (2 ㎛). The reinforcing behavior based on 100% modulus of the functional filler based NBR compounds was compared by using several predictive equation models. The reinforcing behavior of the C-CaCO3-filled NBR compound was in accordance with the Smallwood-Einstein equation whereas the 200MP- and MWCNT-filled NBR compounds fitted well with the modified Guth-Gold (m-Guth-Gold) equation. The SRF- and HS45-filled NBR compounds exhibited reinforcing behavior in accordance with the Guth-Gold and m-Guth-Gold equations, respectively, at a low filler content. However, the values of reinforcement parameter (100Mf/100Mu) of the SRF- and HS45-filled NBR compounds were higher than those determined by the predictive equation model at a high filler content. Because the chains of SRF composed of spherical filler particles are similarly changed to rod-like filler particles embedded in a rubber matrix and the reinforcement parameter rapidly increased with a high content of HS45, the higher-structured filler. The reinforcing effectiveness of the functional fillers was numerically evaluated on the basis of the effectiveness index (��SRF/��f) determined by the ratio of the volume fraction of the functional filler (��f) to that of the SRF filler (��SRF) at three unit of reinforcing parameter (100Mf/100Mu). On the basis of their effectiveness index, MWCNT-, 200MP-, and HS45-filled compounds showed higher reinforcing effectiveness of 420%, 70%, and 20% than that of SRF-filled compound, respectively whereas C-CaCO3-filled compound exhibited lower reinforcing effectiveness of -50% than that of SRF-filled compound.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.78-84
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• 2004

Advanced epoxy molding compounds (EMCs) should be considered to alleviate the thermal stress problems caused by low thermal conductivity and high elastic modulus of an EMC and by the mismatch of the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between an EMC and the Si-wafer. Though A1N has some advantages, such as high thermal conductivity and mechanical strength, an A1N-filled EMC could not be applied to commercial products because of its low fluidity and high modules. To solve this problem, we used 2-$\mu\textrm{m}$ fused silica, which has low porosity and spherical shape, as a small size filler in the binary mixture of fillers. When the composition of the silica in the binary filler system reached 0.3, the fluidity of EMC was improved more than twofold and the mechanical strength was improved 1.5 times, relative to the 23-$\mu\textrm{m}$ A1N-filled EMC. In addition, the values of the elastic modules and the dielectric constant were reduced to 90％, although the thermal conductivity of EMC was reduced from 4.3 to 2.5 W/m-K, when compared with the 23-$\mu\textrm{m}$ A1N-filled EMC. Thus, the A1N/silica (7/3)-filled EMC effectively meets the requirements of an advanced electronic packaging material for commercial products, such as high thermal conductivity (more than 2 W/m-K), high fluidity, low elastic modules, low dielectric constant, and low CTE.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.218-225
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• 2016

In order to examine correlation between silane coupling agent and activator which affects the physical properties of silica filled natural rubber compound, such as heat buildup, rebound property, dynamic mechanical and morphological properties were measured. With incorporation of silane coupling agent, $tan{\delta}$ at $0^{\circ}C$ was increased and at $60^{\circ}C$ was decreased, which resulted in improving of wet grip and rolling resistance. When silane coupling agent which is corresponding to 8~10% of silica was used, most favorable heat build up and $tan{\delta}$ was obtained. And also when activator was used, dispersibility of silica was improved as a result of reduction of reaggregation of silica.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2019

Emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber silica wet masterbatch (ESBR silica WMB) technology was studied to develop highly filled and highly dispersed silica compounds, involving the preparation of a composite by co-coagulating the modified silica and the rubber latex in a liquid phase. Previous studies have shown that when manufacturing ESBR silica WMB/Butadiene silica dry masterbatch (BR silica DMB) blend compounds, preparing BR silica dry masterbatch and mixing it with ESBR silica WMB gave excellent results. However, WMB still has the problem of lower crosslink density due to residual surfactants. Therefore, in this study, tetrabenzylthiuram disulfide (TBzTD) was added instead of diphenyl guanidine (DPG) in the ESBR silica WMB/BR silica DMB blend compounds and sulfur/CBS contents were increased to evaluate their cure characteristics, crosslink densities, mechanical properties, and dynamic viscoelastic properties. TBzTD was found to be more effective in increasing the crosslink density and to produce superior properties compared to DPG. In addition, with increasing sulfur/CBS contents, mechanical properties and rolling resistance were enhanced due to high crosslink density, but the abrasion resistance was not significantly changed because of the toughness.