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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 />

The tensile strength behavior <strong>of</strong> vulcanizates filled with antioxidant<br />

<strong>modified</strong> <strong>silica</strong> <strong>and</strong> with neat <strong>silica</strong> are similar. But <strong>the</strong>re is c<strong>on</strong>siderable<br />

improvement <strong>in</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r properties for antioxidant <strong>modified</strong> <strong>silica</strong> vulcanizates.<br />

The antioxidant <strong>modified</strong> <strong>silica</strong> vulcanizates showed c<strong>on</strong>siderable<br />

improvement <strong>in</strong> tear strength. This can be attributed to <strong>the</strong> better dispersi<strong>on</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> improved filler rubber <strong>in</strong>teracti<strong>on</strong>. The tensile modulus values also show<br />

<strong>the</strong> similar behavior <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g better re<strong>in</strong>forcement. El<strong>on</strong>gati<strong>on</strong> at break <strong>of</strong><br />

different vulcanizates showed that <strong>the</strong> el<strong>on</strong>gati<strong>on</strong> at break is less for<br />

antioxidant <strong>modified</strong> <strong>silica</strong> vulcanizates compared to neat <strong>silica</strong> vulcanizates.<br />

Improved tensile strength <strong>and</strong> reduced el<strong>on</strong>gati<strong>on</strong> at break are c<strong>on</strong>sidered as<br />

criteria for higher filler re<strong>in</strong>forcement. 19 The improvement <strong>in</strong> tensile<br />

properties for antioxidant <strong>modified</strong> <strong>silica</strong> vulcanizates proves <strong>the</strong> better<br />

dispersi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> filler <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> rubber matrix.<br />

7.3.4 O<strong>the</strong>r technological properties<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r properties like hardness, compressi<strong>on</strong> set, abrasi<strong>on</strong> loss <strong>and</strong> flex<br />

resistance were compared for <strong>the</strong> vulcanizates with antioxidant <strong>modified</strong><br />

<strong>silica</strong> <strong>and</strong> with neat <strong>silica</strong> <strong>and</strong> is given <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Table 7.5.<br />

Antioxidant <strong>modified</strong> <strong>silica</strong> vulcanizates showed better abrasi<strong>on</strong><br />

resistance. This is due to <strong>the</strong> str<strong>on</strong>g adhesi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>silica</strong> particles <strong>on</strong> rubber<br />

cha<strong>in</strong>s. Hardness also showed <strong>the</strong> same improvement. Compressi<strong>on</strong> set are<br />

found to be comparatively low for antioxidant <strong>modified</strong> <strong>silica</strong> composites.<br />

This <strong>in</strong>dicates lower elasticity <strong>of</strong> antioxidant <strong>modified</strong> <strong>silica</strong> vulcanizates.<br />

Table 7.5 Technological properties <strong>of</strong> vulcanizates<br />

Property E-1 E-2 F-1 F-2 G-1 G-2<br />

Hardness (shore A) 60 54 65 65 62 60<br />

Compressi<strong>on</strong> set (%) 54.40 61.78 56.90 64.28 55.63 56.58<br />

Abrasi<strong>on</strong> loss (cc/hr) 5.42 5.94 6.26 6.35 5.66 5.97<br />

Flex resistance (k cycles ) 35.7 28.6 24.3 24.1 26.6 25<br />

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