An investigation has been made of the effects from a compatibilizer, viz. carboxylated nitrile rubber (XNBR), on several properties of nitrile rubber (NBR) and acrylic rubber (ACM) blends, including curing characteristics, mechanical, dynamic mechanical and dielectric properties. The presence of XNBR until 10 phr resulted in an improvement of the ultimate tensile properties, especially elongati...

The influence of different additives: high density polyethylene (HDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE) and TiO2 nanoparticles on the polyethylene terephthalate (PET)–rubber nanocomposite interface was investigated. The composites obtained by compression moulding from tire rubber and PET bottles’ waste were partially heterogeneous and partially compatible, as confirmed by the FTIRmeasurements. ...

The strength comparison of fibre reinforced peat and clayey-silt for the compacted sub-grade by using reinforcement technique from scrap tire is presented. tires are extracted shredded into a standard size, i.e., rubber-chip, rubber-crumb, rubber-powder fibre-polyester consistency homogeneity design mix. In this study, two types fibres used, which polyester rubber crumb. at various designated p...

Along with the developing technology in rubber industry, use of natural and synthetic rubbers as well liquid has increased significantly recent years. The formulation tread compound, which directly affects performance a tire, is generally produced from rubbers. Intensive scientific studies have been carried out on because they reduce consumption process oils used tire production phase increase ...

For the first time, acrylonitrile–butadiene rubber (NBR)–graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene (rGO) composites were prepared without cure activators: zinc oxide/stearic acid (ZnO/SA) studied. The vulcanization characteristics of compounds systematically studied at 160–190°C, with aid rheometer differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. NBR revealed rapid curing time (t90) greater r...

ABSTRACT We demonstrate the use of a series of in-line fibre long period grating curvature sensors on a garment, used to monitor the thoracic and abdominal volumetric tidal movements of a human subject. These results are used to obtain volumetric tidal changes of the human torso showing reasonable agreement with a spirometer used simultaneously to record the volume at the mouth during breathing...