Abstract Rubber blending has been widely used to improve various properties in finished rubber products. The purpose of this paper is investigate the effect filler size, type, concentration, and surface treatment on mechanical, swelling, dielectric, morphology ethylene propylene diene (EPDM)/styrene-butadiene (SBR) blend nanocomposites filled with alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) nanoparticles. Bis-(3-(trie...

Biofilms formed on rubber seals in dishwashers harbor diverse microbiota. In this study, we focussed on the microbial composition of bacteria and fungi, isolated from a defined area of one square centimeter of rubber from four domestic dishwashers and assessed their abilities to in vitro multispecies biofilm formation. A total of 80 isolates (64 bacterial and 16 fungal) were analyzed. Multiple ...

Capillary rheometry simulates polymer extrusion in a simplified way. It allows the characterisation of polymers by means of determination of the viscosity function and extrudate swell. As regards viscous properties, there is still a lack of constitutive characterisation of rubber blends. In this contribution new concepts are presented how the viscous properties are computed without using common...

Porous asphalt pavements are environmentally friendly permeable road pavements. There is a need to improve the strength performance of porous mixtures. Waste Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) rubber modification mixtures investigated in this study. The mixture was initially designed for selected mix aggregate gradation. EPDM scraps were replaced with filler materials at rate 2 % and 4 tot...