TBIR应用于航空胎侧胶的热氧老化性能

研究了反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶(TBIR)应用于航空轮胎胎侧胶[天然橡胶(NR)/顺丁橡胶(BR)/TBIR]的耐热氧老化性能. 结果表明, 与NR/BR硫化胶相比, 10~20份质量的TBIR取代BR后, NR/BR/TBIR硫化胶的交联密度明显提高, 压缩温升降低2.2~3.4 ℃, 耐屈挠疲劳性能提高约100%, 填料分散性改善, 填料团聚体体尺寸减小, 拉伸性能基本不变. 随热氧老化时间延长, 硫化胶的交联密度先增加后降低, 并用TBIR的硫化胶交联密度在老化48 h后趋于平缓. 与NR/BR相比, 老化后的NR/BR/TBIR硫化胶生热最低, 耐屈挠疲劳性最高.     

TBIR改性BIIR/NR共混物的结构与性能

研究了新型合成橡胶——高反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶(TBIR)对全钢轮胎气密层并用橡胶——溴化丁基橡胶(BIIR)/天然橡胶(NR)(质量比70/30)的改性作用,探讨了BIIR/NR/TBIR共混物的交联密度、填料分散性及力学性能,特别是并用硫化胶的气密性及屈挠疲劳性能等.结果表明,与无定型的BIIR和NR相比,结晶性TBIR的引入提高了炭黑填充的BIIR/NR/TBIR混炼胶的强度和模量,且随着TBIR用量的增大,混炼胶中TBIR的结晶熔融峰更明显,混炼胶的强度与模量显著提高.硫化特性结果表明,随着TBIR用量的增大,BIIR/NR/TBIR共混物的硫化速率略有提高,交联密度略有降低;TBIR用量为10~30份(生胶总质量的10%~30%)时,BIIR/NR/TBIR硫化胶在机械性能基本保持不变的情况下,耐热氧老化性能提高10%以上,耐一级屈挠疲劳性能提升2~5倍,气密性提高17%.炭黑分散结果表明,经过动态疲劳实验BIIR/NR硫化胶中炭黑聚集体的平均粒径增大至11.5μm,明显大于BIIR/NR/TBIR硫化胶中炭黑聚集体的平均粒径.对含TBIR硫化胶在周期性应力应变过程中的结构演变及对耐疲劳裂纹引发性能的影响机制进行了探讨,结果表明,TBIR可改性BIIR或者BIIR/NR制备高抗裂口引发的全钢轮胎气密层材料.     

反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶改性的高性能轿车轮胎胎面胶的结构与性能

研究了新一代合成橡胶-反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶(TBIR)在高性能轿车轮胎胎面胶(溶聚丁苯橡胶/顺丁橡胶(SSBR/BR))中的应用及SSBR/BR/TBIR共混胶的结构与性能.结果表明,相对于无定型的SSBR和BR,TBIR由于具有一定的结晶性而呈现出较高的生胶强度、模量和韧性.但相比反式聚异戊二烯(TPI),由于丁二烯单体单元的引入降低了聚合物链的结构规整性,TBIR的结晶熔融焓、熔点和玻璃化转变温度均明显降低.采用10~20份TBIR与SSBR/BR并用改性,同时加入30份炭黑和45份白炭黑,SSBR/BR/TBIR混炼胶的格林强度和定伸应力提高,焦烧时间(tc10)和工艺正硫化时间(tc90)基本保持不变.SSBR/BR/TBIR混炼胶经过150oC硫化反应,制备的硫化胶物理机械性能优异,抗拉伸疲劳性能提高4.6~6.3倍,压缩强度提高21.4%~23.1%,耐磨耗性能提高10.8%~15.1%,耐湿滑性能提高13.6%~40.4%,滚动阻力维持不变.填料分散仪和透射电镜(TEM)结果表明,相比SSBR/BR硫化胶,SSBR/BR/TBIR硫化胶填料分散度提高7.3%~14.9%,填料聚集体平均尺寸降低1.4~2.7μm.可结晶的TBIR的高生胶强度及模量可显著抑制混炼胶中填料的聚集,改善硫化胶中填料的分散性,最终贡献于SSBR/BR/TBIR硫化胶优异的抗拉伸疲劳性、高的耐磨性、抗湿滑性、压缩强度、定伸模量等性能,TBIR是应用于高性能轿车轮胎胎面胶的一种理想新合成橡胶.     

天然橡胶/稀土顺丁橡胶/反式丁戊橡胶并用高性能缺气保用轮胎胎侧支撑胶的结构与性能

研究了三种丁二烯结构单元含量和门尼粘度不同的反式丁戊橡胶(TBIR)改性天然橡胶/稀土顺丁橡胶(NR/Nd-BR)并用高性能缺气保用轮胎胎侧支撑胶的结构与性能。结果表明,相比NR/Nd-BR(50/50)并用混炼胶,NR/Nd-BR/TBIR(45/45/10)并用混炼胶的Payne效应明显降低,填料网络结构明显削弱。填料分散度仪表明TBIR明显改善了炭黑在NR/Nd-BR并用橡胶基体中的分散,动态热机械性能分析仪(DMA)表明TBIR明显改善了NR与Nd-BR之间的相容性。NR和Nd-BR相容性的改善以及炭黑在橡胶基体中分散性的改善致使含TBIR的缺气保用轮胎胎侧支撑胶在力学强度基本不变的前提下,耐疲劳性能明显提高,滚动阻力和压缩生热降低。     

反式异戊橡胶合金改性溶聚丁苯橡胶/顺丁橡胶轿车胎面胶

研究了反式异戊橡胶合金(TPIR)的结晶性能、加工性能和力学性能及在轿车胎面胶溶聚丁苯橡胶/顺丁橡胶(SSBR/BR)中的应用.研究结果表明,与无定形SSBR和BR相比,TPIR生胶具有常温可结晶性,因此TPIR具有较高的格林强度.毛细管挤出行为研究结果表明,TPIR具有优异的挤出性能,挤出物外观光滑,挤出涨大比小.与SSBR/BR混炼胶相比,用TPIR改性后的SSBR/BR/TPIR混炼胶的格林强度与100%定伸应力随TPIR含量的增加而提高.经150℃硫化反应后制备的SSBR/BR/TPIR硫化胶物理机械性能优异:不仅耐湿滑性能、耐磨耗性能及压缩强度较对比胶提高,其伸张疲劳性能较对比胶提高4倍以上.透射电子显微镜(TEM)及填料分散仪表征结果表明,与SSBR/BR硫化胶相比,SSBR/BR/TPIR硫化胶的填料聚集体平均尺寸降低2μm,填料分散性显著改善.表明TPIR是一种应用于高性能轿车胎面胶的理想胶料.     

高反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶的结构表征及其在轿车轮胎子口护胶中的应用研究

采用逐步等温结晶分级法对高反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶(TBIR)进行分级并对各级份进行了结构与组成表征.结果表明,TBIR-20为丁二烯单元无规分布、异戊二烯嵌段形成结晶的共聚物,TBIR-40为含TPB嵌段、TPI嵌段的共聚物;TBIR应用于轮胎子口护胶,可使混炼胶结晶度、格林强度和硬度增大,硫化速度加快;含TBIR的共混硫化胶的其他性能保持不变,压缩温升显著降低,耐磨耗性能和耐老化性能明显提高;DMA结果表明NR与TBIR的相容性优于BR,TEM结果表明并用TBIR后硫化胶中炭黑分散性更好.在轿车子午线轮胎子口护胶中应用20份左右的TBIR,其他力学性能保持在较高水平的同时,耐磨性、耐曲挠和耐老化性能显著提高,压缩温升明显降低.     

高耐磨低生热NBR/TBIR复合材料的结构与性能

采用高反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶(TBIR)对丁腈橡胶(NBR)进行改性, 制备了高耐磨、 低生热输送轮用白炭黑填充的NBR/TBIR橡胶纳米复合材料. 研究了NBR/TBIR橡胶纳米复合材料的交联密度、 物理力学性能及填料分散性, 探讨了材料的结构对性能的影响. 研究结果表明, 与纯NBR相比, NBR/TBIR橡胶纳米复合材料的硫化速率和交联密度随TBIR用量的增加而增大; 在保持NBR硫化胶基本力学性能、 耐老化性能和耐溶剂性能基本不变的前提下, TBIR的加入使NBR/TBIR硫化胶的耐磨性提高15%, 动态压缩生热降低5%, 动态压缩永久变形降低22%, 白炭黑分散水平提高; 与丁腈橡胶/顺丁橡胶[NBR/BR(80/20), 质量份数比]硫化胶相比, NBR/TBIR(80/20, 质量份数比)硫化胶具有更低的动态压缩生热和动态压缩永久变形及更好的填料分散性.     

高疲劳寿命氯丁橡胶基减振材料的结构与性能

以氯丁橡胶(CR)为基体材料, 将新型反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶(TBIR)引入传统CR减振基体中, 探讨TBIR在减振材料中的应用前景. 研究发现, 随着TBIR用量的增加, CR/TBIR混炼胶的强度及模量明显提升; CR/TBIR硫化胶的拉伸强度、 撕裂强度、 压缩永久变形、 动静刚度比及耐疲劳性能均得到改善, 特别是一级疲劳寿命提高了50%~400%(未填充体系)及40%~180%(填充体系), 六级疲劳寿命提高了60%~500%(未填充体系)及30%~120%(填充体系). 与未填充CR/TBIR硫化胶相比, 填充CR/TBIR硫化胶由于炭黑补强作用及填料-聚合物相互作用的引入, 屈挠疲劳寿命、 撕裂强度及拉伸性能均显著提高. 与填充CR硫化胶相比, 填充CR/TBIR质量比为90/10的并用胶能够在保持硫化胶的损耗因子基本不变的基础上, 实现综合性能的平衡提升.     

高反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶在轿车轮胎带束层中的应用研究

研究了高反式-1,4-丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚橡胶(TBIR)的生胶性能及其在轿车轮胎带束层中的应用。结果表明,随丁二烯单体单元含量增加,TBIR生胶的玻璃化转变温度、结晶熔融焓、生胶强度和硬度逐渐降低。硫化胶性能测试表明,TBIR硫化胶的定伸应力、回弹性能以及耐老化性能优于NR硫化胶,TBIR-40硫化胶的拉伸强度和撕裂强度明显高于NR硫化胶。采用10~30份TBIR取代NR应用于轿车轮胎带束层配方,并用硫化胶拉伸强度、拉断伸长率、撕裂强度和钢丝帘线抽出力处于较高水平,定伸应力、硬度、回弹性能和耐老化性能较对比胶提高,含TBIR的轮胎带束层胶料具有更加优异的综合性能。DMA结果表明,NR与TBIR相容性较好,NR/TBIR并用硫化胶具有更低的内耗。TEM结果表明,NR/TBIR并用胶具有较好的填料分散性。     

表面改性SiO2对SSBR/BR绿色轮胎胎面胶结构与性能的影响

采用4种含不同官能基团修饰剂改性的二氧化硅SiO₂增强溶聚丁苯橡胶(SSBR)/顺丁橡胶(BR)共混体系, 制备了SSBR/BR/SiO₂橡胶纳米复合材料, 研究了其结构与性能. 结果表明, 在混炼胶体系中, 与未改性SiO₂填充的SSBR/BR相比, 改性SiO₂填充的SSBR/BR门尼黏度及结合橡胶含量显著增大, 表明填料-橡胶相互作用显著提高; 硫化焦烧时间缩短60%, 硫化速度增大了35%~40%. 在硫化胶体系中改性SiO₂填充的SSBR/BR具有更大的交联密度, 填料分散性明显改善, 同时也表现出更为优异的物理机械性能, 100%和300%定伸模量提高47%以上, 旋转滚筒式磨耗机法(DIN)磨耗降低5%~12%, 生热降低了约7%~13%, 热空气老化性能提升4%~22%, 代表滚动阻力的tanδ在60 ℃降低8%~13%. 此外, 与SSBR/BR/1165MP硫化胶相比, 用90 mmol/kg氨基改性SiO₂填充的SSBR/BR硫化胶的抗湿滑性能提高6.9%, 表现出最优的综合性能. 填料的良好分散及填料与聚合物的相互作用增强对于提高SSBR/BR/SiO₂胎面胶综合力学性能具有重要意义.     

Effect of high-temperature curing on the crosslink structures and dynamic mechanical properties of gum and N330-filled natural rubber vulcanizates

The effects of high-temperature curing and overcuring on the cure characteristics, crosslink structure, physical properties and dynamic mechanical properties (DMPs) of gum and carbon black (N330) filled natural rubber (NR) vulcanizates cured with conventional (CV), semi-efficient (SEV) and efficient (EV) cure systems, which have about the same total crosslink densities under a moderate curing temperature of 150°C, were investigated. The gum NR vulcanizates cured with CV, SEV and EV curing systems have about the same glass transition temperature (T_g) and tan δ values below the temperature of about 0°C, but showed some apparent differences in the tan δ values increasing in the order CVG′ and tan δ values above T_g higher than those of the gum NR vulcanizates.

High-temperature curing and overcuring cause decreases to various extents in the cure plateau torque, Shore A hardness, 300% modulus and tensile strength, and lead to apparent changes in the DMPs. Typically, there is an increase in T_g of all three kinds of gum and N330-filled NR vulcanizates because of changes in the total crosslink densities and crosslink types. The CV vulcanizates show the most significant change in cure characteristics, physical properties and DMPs since the highest content of polysulfidic crosslinks appears in the CV vulcanizate, causing the highest level of reversion and having a dominant effect on the properties.     

Fly ash particles and precipitated silica as fillers in NR/CR vulcanizates under thermal and thermal‐oil ageing

The loading effect of precipitated silica (PSi) and fly ash‐based silica (FASi) on mechanical properties of natural rubber/chloroprene (NR/CR) under thermal and thermal‐oil ageing was investigated with variation in NR content in the NR/CR blends. The selected results were compared with vulcanized NR/nitrile rubber (NR/NBR) blends. The cure time of CR vulcanizate was found to decrease with increasing NR content, but increased with silica fillers. The Mooney viscosity for CR vulcanizates reduced with increasing NR content. The addition of NR had no effect on tensile modulus and tensile strength for the FASi filled NR/CR, but the opposite trend was observed for the PSi filled NR/CR. The post‐curing effect was more significant in PSi filled NR/CR than in FASi filled NR/CR. The tensile strength of the NR/CR vulcanizates was slightly reduced after thermal ageing especially at high NR content, more extreme reduction being found by thermal‐oil ageing. The elongation at break of NR/CR with both silica fillers ranged from 400 to 900%. The hardness results were similar to the tensile modulus. The addition of PSi in NR/CR considerably increased the tear strength, but less pronounced effect was found for FASi. The resilience properties of NR/CR tended to decrease with increasing silica content. The compression set became poorer when NR content was increased. The PSi showed higher improvement in compression set than the FASi. The effects of silica and ageing on the mechanical properties for NR/CR vulcanizates were similar to those for NR/NBR vulcanizates. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sol–gel derived nano zinc oxide for the reduction of zinc oxide level in natural rubber compounds

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles are synthesized by polymeric sol–gel method and characterized by X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy. The cure characteristics, mechanical properties and thermal behaviour of natural rubber (NR) systems containing nano ZnO are investigated and compared to those of NR with micro-sized (conventional) ZnO. The NR vulcanizate with 0.5 phr (parts per hundred parts of rubber) sol–gel derived nano ZnO shows improvement in the curing and mechanical properties in comparison to the NR vulcanizate with 5 phr conventional ZnO. Thermogravimetric analysis reveals that nano ZnO impose better thermal stability than conventional ZnO in the NR vulcanizates. Thus, nano ZnO not only acts as a curing activator but also nano filler to improve the resulting properties of the NR vulcanizates. More essentially nano ZnO leads to the reduction of ZnO level in the NR compounds. Therefore, sol–gel derived nano ZnO diminishes the pollution of aquatic environment due to higher amount of conventional ZnO in rubber compounds.     

Comparison of the mechanical properties at similar hardness level of natural rubber filled with various reinforcing-fillers

Commercially, the alteration of a rubber formulation is usually made in such a way as to keep the hardness of the rubber product constant. This is because a specific hardness of the rubber product sets the limit to its practical applications. Therefore, in this paper, natural rubber (NR) vulcanizates containing various fillers were prepared to have the same hardness level, and their mechanical properties were compared and related to the degree of filler dispersion. The results show that higher amounts of carbon black (CB) and silica are needed for CB- and silica-filled natural rubber vulcanizates to achieve the same hardness value as a NR vulcanizate containing 6 phr of montmorillonite clay. At equal loading of fillers, clay-filled vulcanizate exhibits higher modulus, hardness, tensile strength and compression set, but lower heat build-up resistance and crack growth resistance than those of the vulcanizates containing conventional fillers. For the vulcanizate having the same hardness value, CB-filled vulcanizate gives the better overall mechanical properties followed by the clay-filled and silica-filled vulcanizates, respectively. The explanation is given as the better dispersion of carbon black, as can be seen in the SEM micrograph.     

Prevulcanized natural rubber latex/clay aerogel nanocomposites

Natural rubber latex (NR)/clay aerogel nanocomposites were produced via freeze-drying technique. The pristine clay (sodium montmorillonite) was introduced in 1-3 parts per hundred rubber (phr) in order to study the effect of clay in the NR matrix. The dispersion of the layered clay and the morphology of the nanocomposites were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. Cure characteristics, thermal stability, and the crosslink density of thermal and microwave-cured NR and its composites were investigated. XRD patterns indicated that both intercalated and exfoliated structures were observed at loadings of 1-3 phr clay. SEM studies revealed that the clay aerogel structure was formed at 3 phr clay loading. The increment in Shore A hardness of nanocomposites compared with pure NR signified excellent polymer/filler interaction and the reinforcing effect of the clay to rubber matrix. This was supported by an increase in maximum rheometric torque and crosslink density. The crosslink density of clay-filled NR vulcanizate was found to increase with the pristine clay content in both thermal and microwave curing methods. However, microwave-cured 2 and 3 phr-filled NR vulcanizates exhibited higher crosslink density than those which were thermal-cured under the same curing temperature. In addition, thermal stability studies showed that pristine clay accelerated the decomposition of NR by showing a slight decrease in onset and peak decomposition temperatures along with clay content.