Effect of Multifunctional Additive on Filler Dispersion in Carbon-Black- and Silica-Filled Natural Rubber Compounds
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering
- Vol. 36 (6), 873-889
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03602559708000667
Abstract
The effect of multifunctional additive (MFA) on filler dispersion in carbon-black- (CB) and silica-filled natural rubber (NR) compounds has been studied. Silica dispersion, measured by computer-aided image analysis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), showed a substantial improvement when MFA concentration is increased from 1 to 3 phr. After this level, there is a further but small improvement. However, for CB-filled NR compounds, CB dispersion showed a substantial improvement when the MFA used between 0 and 1 phr. As in silica-Filled NR compounds, there is only a small improvement in dispersion after 1 phr.Keywords
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