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Rubberised bitumen manufacturing assisted by rheological measurements
2015
This paper investigates the effect of processing temperature and time on the rheological proper- ties of recycled tyre rubber-modified bitumens (RTR-MBs) produced using two different base binders and an ambient ground crumb rubber modifier (CRM). The production of the RTR- MBs was accomplished by means of a standard Brookfield rotational viscometer together with a modified impeller, dual helical impeller, to allow mixing as well as real-time viscosity measurements of the produced RTR-MBs. The rheological properties of the final RTR-MBs were determined by means of standard dynamic mechanical analysis oscillatory and multiple stress creep recovery testing using a dynamic shear rheometer. The …
Einfluss des polymerrückgrats auf eigenschaften von thermoplastischen elastomeren
1992
4-Urazoyl benzoic acid groups were statistically attached to various hydrocarbon elastomers, polar elastomers and partially crystalline polymers via a polymer-analogous reaction. DSC, FTIR, stress-strain experiments and dynamic-mechanical analysis were used to analyse whether these systems, analogous to functionalized polybutadienes, would form ordered supra-molecular structures of the polar side-groups that would lead to a thermoreversible crosslinking. While the structure formation is suppressed for elastomers with a large cross-sectional area of the chain (e.g. butyl rubber) or polar side-groups, (e.g. polychloroprene), the mechanical propertie can be controlled by balancing supermolecul…
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
1989
Today, material science is directed towards the development of multifunctional and oriented structures. One example of such supramolecular systems are liquid crystalline (LC) elastomers which combine the properties of LC phases (the combination of order and mobility) with rubber elasticity, one of the most typical polymer properties. Their most outstanding characteristic is their mechanical orientability; strains as small as 20% are enough to obtain a perfectly oriented LC monodomain. This orientability, if LC elastomers with chiral phases are used, leads, for example, to elastomers with chiral smectic C* phases which are likely to show piezo-electric behavior.
QENS investigation of filled rubbers
2002
The polymer segmental dynamics is investigated in a series of silica-filled rubbers. The presence of inert fillers in polymers greatly affects the mechanical and physical performance of the final materials. For example, silica has been proposed as a reinforcing agent of elastomers in tire production. Results from quasielastic neutron scattering and Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA) measurements are presented on styrene–ran-butadiene rubber filled with silica. A clear indication is obtained of the existence of a bimodal dynamics, which can be rationalized in terms of the relaxation of bulk rubber and the much slower relaxation of the rubber adsorbed on the filler surface.
Ferroelectric LC-elastomers
1997
Ferroelectric liquid crystalline elastomers combine the rubber elasticity of polymer networks with liquid crystalline phases and ferroelectric ordering. Ferroelectric switching leads therefore to a deformation of the polymer network and an elastic stress. The coupling between both effccts can be varied by changing the topology of the netpoints.
Electrospun rubber/thermoplastic hybrid nanofibers for localized toughening effects in epoxy resins
2020
Synthetic rubber/thermoplastic blends were electrospun from their solutions. The rubber was a solid acrylonitrile/butadiene/acrylic acid copolymer and the thermoplastic was polyacrylonitrile. The aims of this study were to identify suitable systems and processing conditions for obtaining rubber-based electrospun nanofibers, to investigate the ability of an epoxy resin system to impregnate and swell selected hybrid rubber/thermoplastic mats, and to assess the impact of the nanofibers on the resin morphology and curing behavior. In particular, electrospinning trials were carried out varying the composition of the feed solution and process parameters, such as the applied voltage, the flow rate…
Über die verschiedenen mittelwerte des molekulargewichts und die uneinheitlichkeit von naturkautschuk und synthetischem cis-polyisopren
1969
An Naturkautschuk und einem cis-Polyisopren von annahernd gleichem [η]-Wert wurden Molekulargewichtsbestimmungen durch Diffusion-Sedimentation, Osmose und Lichtstreuung gemacht. Aus den Mittelwerten Mn (osmotisch) und Mw (Lichtstreuung) wird die molekulare Uneinheitlichkeit bestimmt. Bei etwa gleichem Mw (2·106) ist das osmotische Molekulargewicht Mn bei Naturkautschuk 3,0·105 und beim synthetischen cis-Polyisopren 6,2·105. Auserdem macht sich beim Naturkautschuk ein nur schwer entfernbarer Anteil von Mikrogelen bemerkbar. Da die Tragheitsradien und die Wechselwirkungsparameter mit den Losungsmitteln fur Natur- und Synthesekautschuk sich nur wenig unterscheiden, konnen technologische Unters…
Properties and morphology of PMMA/ABN blends obtained via MMA in situ polymerisation through γ-rays
2001
Abstract Methylmethacrylate polymerisation in the presence of 4 wt% butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber was carried out at fixed dose-rate and temperature. The effect of irradiation was investigated with respect to the mechanical and dynamic-mechanical properties in the solid state. A general increase of the “compatibilisation” on irradiation is obtained. In fact both rubber and polymethylmethacrylate glass transition temperatures, determined through dynamic-mechanical analysis, reveal the presence of strong interactions between the components. Furthermore an improvement of the mechanical tensile properties of the blends is observed when irradiation is continued after polymerisation, at least un…
Towards storage-stable high-content recycled tyre rubber modified bitumen
2018
The addition of crumb rubber particles as bitumen modifier can be currently considered as a well-established alternative to conventional polymers for bitumen modification. However, Recycle Tyre Rubber (RTR) modified binders still present drawbacks such as poor mix workability and hot storage stability. Within this study the authors try unlocking the full potential of devulcanised tyre rubber-heavy oils blend, named Liquid Rubber (LR), by exploring the possibility of tailoring recycled polymer modified bitumen with unconventional high-content of RTR and designed to overcome the above mentioned technological problems of RTR modified bitumen while keeping its advantages. Results show that LR-b…
Biogas Cleaning by Hydrogen Sulfide Scrubbing and Bio-oxidation of Captured Sulfides
2015
Hydrogen sulfide and partially carbon dioxide can be absorbed into alkaline washing liquid with nitrates for upgrading a quality of biogas. Sulfides captured into the washing liquid are consequently biologically oxidized in an anoxic bioreactor by autotrophic denitrifying bacteria. Nitrates in the washing liquid serve as electron acceptors for sulfide bio-oxidation. Washing of hydrogen sulfide from biogas was examined in a lab-scale countercurrent scrubber that was packed with plastic carriers and operated at different biogas and washing liquid flows. The hydrogen sulfide concentration in treated biogas was investigated in the range from 3 to 12.3 g m–3. The influence of the hydrogen sulfid…