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8.3.4 Bound rubber c<strong>on</strong>tent<br />

Products from rice husk as filler <strong>in</strong> natural rubber<br />

Bound rubber c<strong>on</strong>tent <strong>of</strong> samples I <strong>and</strong> II are shown <strong>in</strong> Table 8.3. This<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> is based <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> assumpti<strong>on</strong> that <strong>the</strong> fracti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> polymer, which<br />

does not <strong>in</strong>teract or is not b<strong>on</strong>ded to <strong>the</strong> <strong>silica</strong>, is soluble <strong>in</strong> toluene. Bound<br />

rubber is <strong>the</strong> rubber that is trapped by <strong>the</strong> filler aggregates after mix<strong>in</strong>g. The<br />

rubber cha<strong>in</strong>s are attracted ei<strong>the</strong>r physically or chemically to form a rubber<br />

shell <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> surface <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>silica</strong> particles. The bound rubber fracti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> an<br />

uncured compound is <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> rubber that is not extracted when it is<br />

exposed to a good solvent. It is observed that BRC <strong>in</strong>creases with <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> BET surface area <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>silica</strong>. 23.<br />

Table 8.3 Bound rubber c<strong>on</strong>tent<br />

Mix Bound rubber c<strong>on</strong>tent (%)<br />

Mesoporous <strong>silica</strong> + <strong>NR</strong> 21.05<br />

Precipitated <strong>silica</strong> + <strong>NR</strong> 6.65<br />

It can be c<strong>on</strong>cluded that sample I with mesoporous <strong>silica</strong> gives a<br />

higher percentage <strong>of</strong> bound rubber c<strong>on</strong>tent compared to that c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

precipitated <strong>silica</strong> (sample II). The high bound rubber c<strong>on</strong>tent values show<br />

that <strong>the</strong>re will be a higher rubber-filler <strong>in</strong>teracti<strong>on</strong> with <strong>the</strong> mesoporous <strong>silica</strong><br />

compared to c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al precipitated <strong>silica</strong>.<br />

8.3.5 Thermogravimetric analysis<br />

The <strong>the</strong>rmograms <strong>of</strong> natural rubber with precipitated <strong>silica</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

mesoporous <strong>silica</strong> are recorded. Figure 8.5 shows <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>rmograms <strong>of</strong> <strong>NR</strong><br />

with precipitated <strong>silica</strong> <strong>and</strong> mesoporous <strong>silica</strong>. It can be seen that <strong>in</strong>itiati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

degradati<strong>on</strong> is found delayed for mesoporous <strong>silica</strong> composite. This <strong>in</strong>dicates<br />

that <strong>NR</strong> is more stabilized by mesoporous <strong>silica</strong>. It is clear from <strong>the</strong> Table 8.4<br />

that <strong>the</strong> temperature <strong>of</strong> complete degradati<strong>on</strong> has improved with mesoporous<br />

<strong>silica</strong>. There is slight <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> maximum degradati<strong>on</strong> temperature for<br />

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