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Use <strong>of</strong> antioxidant <strong>modified</strong> precipitated <strong>silica</strong> <strong>in</strong> natural rubber,<br />

chloroprene rubber <strong>and</strong> styrene butadiene rubber<br />

antioxidants. PPD′s are extensively <strong>use</strong>d <strong>in</strong> tyres belt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> molded <strong>and</strong><br />

extruded rubber products as antioz<strong>on</strong>ants <strong>and</strong> antiflex crack<strong>in</strong>g agent. PPD′s<br />

are also <strong>use</strong>d as polymer stabilizer.<br />

Derivatives <strong>of</strong> p-phenylenediam<strong>in</strong>e fall <strong>in</strong>to three classes:<br />

1) N,N'-dialkyl PPD′s 2) N-alkyl-N'-aryl PPD′s 3) N,N'-diaryl PPD′s<br />

Even though N,N'-dialkyl p-phenylenediam<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong>fer excellent static oz<strong>on</strong>e<br />

resistance, <strong>the</strong>y are not very effective under dynamic c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s. They are<br />

more sensitive to oxygen <strong>and</strong> hence suffer from lack <strong>of</strong> persistency <strong>and</strong><br />

poor shelf life, where as alkyl–aryl PPD′s <strong>and</strong> diaryl PPD′s are less volatile<br />

than dialkyl PPD′s. They are stable <strong>and</strong> have good shelf life.<br />

To overcome <strong>the</strong> difficulty <strong>in</strong> dispers<strong>in</strong>g <strong>silica</strong> <strong>in</strong> rubber matrix<br />

<strong>and</strong> also to protect <strong>the</strong> rubber from deteriorati<strong>on</strong> due to heat, light, oxygen<br />

<strong>and</strong> oz<strong>on</strong>e, precipitated <strong>silica</strong> is <strong>modified</strong> by antioxidant. This chapter<br />

expla<strong>in</strong>s <strong>the</strong> modificati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>silica</strong> with antioxidant <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>use</strong> as filler <strong>in</strong><br />

natural rubber <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> syn<strong>the</strong>tic rubbers. The mechanical properties <strong>and</strong> oz<strong>on</strong>e<br />

resistance are measured <strong>and</strong> compared with that c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g equivalent<br />

amount <strong>of</strong> antioxidant <strong>and</strong> <strong>silica</strong>.<br />

Part@ A<br />

USE OF ANTIOXIDANT MODIFIED SILICA IN<br />

7.2 Experimental<br />

Materials<br />

NATURAL RUBBER<br />

Natural rubber <strong>of</strong> grade IS<strong>NR</strong>-5, c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al <strong>z<strong>in</strong>c</strong> <strong>oxide</strong>, stearic<br />

acid, precipitated <strong>silica</strong>, antioxidants IPPD [N-isopropyl-N′-phenyl-p-<br />

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