Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were incorporated into an EPDM/SBR rubber/styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) composite by melt blending of HNTs the blend. The mechanical properties, abrasion and swelling resistance ranging from 2 parts per hundred (phr) to 10 investigated in base rubber. Tensile strength, 100% modulus (modulus at elongation), elongation break tear strength evaluated ambient temperature...

Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (SBRs) are among the most useful synthetic rubbers which can be produced by two different methods of polymerization: emulsion and solution. These two polymerization methods lead to different final properties. In general, SBRs produced by the solution method (S-SBRs) have narrower Molecular Weight Distribution (MWD), higher content of cis-1,4 structure and lower glass t...

Purpose: Rice husk is burnt and discarded without effective use; however, it a reliable resource that can be used to extract silica from its ash (RHAS) incorporated in rubber blends as filler. The effect of Natural (NR) Acrylonitrile-butadiene (NBR) ratio NR/NBR filled with RHAS on physico-mechanical, swelling percentage specific oils (brake oil, hydraulic engine oil) toluene were studied since...