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MPa : Mega Pascal<br />

<strong>NR</strong> : Natural Rubber<br />

N/mm : Newt<strong>on</strong>/Millimeter<br />

nm : Nano meter<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Abbreviati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> Symbols<br />

P123 : Poly–ethylene <strong>oxide</strong> bis poly-propylene <strong>oxide</strong> bis<br />

poly–ethylene <strong>oxide</strong><br />

phr : Parts per hundred rubber<br />

pphm : Parts per hundred milli<strong>on</strong><br />

6PPD : N-(1,3-dimethyl buty1)–N′-pheny1-p-<br />

Pa : Pascal<br />

phenylenediam<strong>in</strong>e<br />

RH<strong>silica</strong> : Silica from rice husk<br />

SBR : Styrene butadiene rubber<br />

SEM : Scann<strong>in</strong>g Electr<strong>on</strong> Microscope<br />

SiO2 : Silica<br />

TEM : Transmissi<strong>on</strong> Electr<strong>on</strong> Microscope<br />

Tg : Glass transiti<strong>on</strong> temperature<br />

TMTD : Tetramethylthiuram disulphide<br />

TGA : Thermogravimetric analysis<br />

UTM : Universal test<strong>in</strong>g mach<strong>in</strong>e<br />

Vf : Volume fracti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> rubber <strong>in</strong> swollen sample<br />

Vi : Volume fracti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> rubber <strong>in</strong> unswollen sample<br />

Vτ : Change <strong>in</strong> volume fracti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> rubber due to swell<strong>in</strong>g<br />

ZnO(c) : Commercial <strong>z<strong>in</strong>c</strong> <strong>oxide</strong><br />

ZnO(p) : Z<strong>in</strong>c <strong>oxide</strong> from precipitati<strong>on</strong> method<br />

ZnO(s) : Z<strong>in</strong>c <strong>oxide</strong> from solid-state pyrolytic method<br />

% : Percentage<br />

°C : Degree Celsius<br />

µm : Micro meter<br />

A : Angstr<strong>on</strong>

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