Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (8): 20230093.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20230093

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Dispersion of Carbon Black N134 in Different Rubber Systems and Its Mixing Process Regulation

HE Tiancheng1,2, WANG Yuge1,2, CHEN Siyuan1, YIN Yuan1, SUN Hongguo1, ZHENG Yafang1, SUN Zhaoyan1,2()   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry,Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Changchun 130022,China
    2.University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,China
  • Received:2023-03-08 Online:2023-08-10 Published:2023-04-25
  • Contact: SUN Zhaoyan E-mail:zysun@ciac.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52293471)

Abstract:

The influence of mixing process on the properties of carbon black(CB, N134) reinforced isoprene rubber, styrene butadiene rubber and bionic rubber after cure was studied. Considering that the dispersion of CB in bionic rubber is poor compared to that in the other two systems, a new processing routine was designed to improve the dispersity of CB in bionic rubber, and the results show a good dispersity of CB and an enhanced performance of bionic rubber. Our study indicates that, with increasing internal mixing time, the dispersity of CB in isoprene rubber and styrene butadiene rubber is improved from about 1 grade to higher than 6 grade, while that in bionic rubber still remains a low grade(around 1 grade). Further increasing the internal mixing time does not greatly improve the dispersity of CB in bionic rubber system. To solve this, mastication and mill banding were introduced and the dispersion of CB was greatly improved in bionic systems. As expected, with increasing the dispersity of CB in rubber systems, the tensile fatigue life was enhanced, as verified by all the three studied rubber systems. For bionic rubber, a certain time of mastication will decrease the Mooney viscosity and the molecular weight of gum, leading to an enhanced processability. Moreover, Payne effect in vulcanized bionic rubber was also increased with increasing the mastication time. This is probably due to the fact that the improvement of dispersion of CB in rubber matrix increases the specific area of CB agglomerates, which brings more bound rubber to enhance the interfacial adhesion between fillers and rubber matrix.

Key words: Bionic rubber, Carbon black N134, Mixing process, Mooney viscosity

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