Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) with contents ranging from 1 to 10 phr (part per hundred parts of rubber) were selected and then characterized to reinforce acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) based composites. Fabrication of nanocomposites were done by a novel procedure and structural analysis along with variety of mechanical and chemical tests, according to th...

Modern passenger car tire tread compounds usually consist of a polymer blend Solution Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SSBR) and Butadiene (BR) in combination with silica/silane system. To further enhance the compatibility between nonpolar polar silica, different functional groups can be introduced at end or along chains. The influence such functionalization SSBR BR on processing behavior as well mech...

−− An industrial emulsion copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene carried out in a batch (or semibatch) reactor for the production of nitrile rubber (NBR) is investigated. The effect of variable amounts of deactivating impurities on the predictions of a global polymerization model is analyzed; and the advantages of using the model predictions in combination with on-line calorimetric mea...

In this paper, micro-mechanical properties of styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR) latexmodified cement pastes identified by means of the nanoindentation (NI) technique are related to macro-mechanical properties of SBR latex-modified mortars obtained from standard test methods, considering an SBR latex/cement ratio varying from 0% to 20%. For this purpose, the average value of the hardness and the so...

Front Cover: The effects of 4010NA content on the damping and aging properties hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR)/nitrile (NBR) matrix are studied via molecular simulation experiments. With an increase in content, there is a decrease free volume fraction (FFV), attributed to hydrogen bond network between HNBR/NBR matrix. This reported by Meng Song, Qi Qin, co-workers article number 22...

The paper presents the results of a study dilatometric properties thermoplastic elastomer nanocomposites based on mixtures random polypropylene, nitrile butadiene rubber, compatibilizer - copolymer polypropylene with maleic anhydride. Nanosized bentonite particles were used as filler. concentration nanoparticles was varied in range 1.0-20 wt %. values free and occupied specific volumes determin...