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Natural rubber nanocomposite reinforced with nano silica
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posted on 2008-09-01, 00:00 authored by Y Chen, Zheng Peng, Lingxue KongLingxue Kong, M Huang, Puwang LiInorganic nano fillers have demonstrated great potential to enhance the properties of natural rubber (NR). The present article reports the successful development of a NR nanocomposite reinforced with nano silica (SiO2). Its dynamic mechanical properties, thermal aging resistance, and morphology are investigated. The results show that the SiO2 nanoparticles are homogenously distributed throughout the NR matrix in a form of spherical nano-cluster with an average size of 80 nm when the SiO2 content is 4 wt%. With the introduction of SiO2, the thermal resistance and the storage modulus of NR host significantly increase, and the activation energy of relaxation of the nanocomposite, compared to the raw NR, increases from 90.1 to 125.8 kJ/mol.
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Polymer engineering and scienceVolume
48Issue
9Pagination
1674 - 1677Publisher
John Wiley & SonsLocation
Stamford, Conn.Publisher DOI
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0032-3888eISSN
1548-2634Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2008, Wiley-BlackwellUsage metrics
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