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Use <strong>of</strong> <strong>nano</strong> <strong>z<strong>in</strong>c</strong> <strong>oxide</strong> <strong>in</strong> styrene butadiene rubber<br />

VÉÇàxÇàá<br />

6.1 Introducti<strong>on</strong><br />

6.1 Introducti<strong>on</strong><br />

6.2 Experimental<br />

6.3 Results <strong>and</strong> discussi<strong>on</strong><br />

6.4 C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

6.5 References<br />

As described <strong>in</strong> previous chapters, <strong>z<strong>in</strong>c</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tent <strong>in</strong> rubber products has<br />

come under <strong>in</strong>creased scrut<strong>in</strong>y due to envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cerns. The trend <strong>in</strong><br />

rubber <strong>in</strong>dustry is <strong>the</strong>refore to reduce or even completely elim<strong>in</strong>ate <strong>the</strong> <strong>z<strong>in</strong>c</strong><br />

c<strong>on</strong>tent, although to date no viable alternative for ZnO <strong>and</strong> <strong>z<strong>in</strong>c</strong> c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

species for vulcanizati<strong>on</strong> purpose has been found. 1 There is general<br />

agreement that <strong>z<strong>in</strong>c</strong> cati<strong>on</strong>s from ZnO <strong>and</strong>/or <strong>z<strong>in</strong>c</strong> compounds react with<br />

organic accelerators to give active <strong>z<strong>in</strong>c</strong>–accelerator complexes, which is <strong>on</strong>e <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> step <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> vulcanizati<strong>on</strong> scheme. 2 It has been suggested <strong>in</strong> many<br />

different studies that <strong>the</strong>se active complexes <strong>of</strong> Zn 2+ i<strong>on</strong>s with accelerators are<br />

more reactive than <strong>the</strong> free accelerator 3,4 This active sulphurat<strong>in</strong>g agent reacts<br />

at <strong>the</strong> allylic sites <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rubber polymer unsaturati<strong>on</strong>s to form a rubber<br />

bound <strong>in</strong>termediate, which reacts with ano<strong>the</strong>r rubber bound <strong>in</strong>termediate or<br />

with ano<strong>the</strong>r polymer cha<strong>in</strong> to generate a crossl<strong>in</strong>k. The exact activator role<br />

<strong>of</strong> ZnO is highly dependent <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> type <strong>of</strong> accelerator present <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>itial<br />

vulcanizati<strong>on</strong> system.

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