Coupling agent characteristics

General characteristics of diffusion interphase adhesion coupling agents... 

Table 9 Characteristics of Representative Commercial Silane Coupling Agents [38,91]...

Figure 13 Influence of coupling agents and fiber content on the characteristic values of kenafreinforced recycled PE at room temperature (dry state) and after exposure in boiling water (wet-state) [57].

ZnO influences the characteristics of a compound twofold Primarily, ZnO influences the kinetics of the silica-silane reaction. Secondly, ZnO enhances the scorching behavior of a sulfur-containing coupling agent. This effect is clearly visible when looking at the G at 100% strain and the 300% modulus. 

Other additives such as silanes, titanates and zirconates are also used to overcome the processing characteristics of silica fillers. Silanes not only give improved processability of silica-filled compounds, but also provide improved crosslinks between the silica particle surface and the rubber molecular chains giving increased physical properties. The use of silane coupling agents at a... 

Reactive surface treatment assumes chemical reaction of the coupling agent with both of the components. The considerable success of silanes in glass reinforced thermosets have led to their application in other fields they are used, or at least experimented with, in all kinds of composites irrespective of the type, chemical composition or other characteristics of the components. Reactive treatment, however, is even more complicated than non-reactive polymerization of the coupling agent, development of chemically bonded and physisorbed layers render the identification of surface chemistry, characterization of the interlayer... 

A recent review [1] on polyimide adhesion to metal and ceramic surfaces shows the relevance of this topic to many different technological areas. Of all the polyimides studied thus far, it is evident that the most popular one is PMDA-ODA. It has very good mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties, but it suffers from poor adhesion characteristics. This problem is often overcome by the application of an adhesion promoter to the surface of interest. The most popular adhesion promoter appears to be APS. An excellent review concerning APS has been written by Ishida [2]. A wealth of information concerning silane coupling agents can also be found in the book by Plueddemann [3],... 

The ATR-FTIR spectra of ENR and transmission spectra [158] of thin film of the coupling agent are shown in Figure 3.9b, in which the band at 1085 cm"1, is characteristic of Si—OCH3 stretching vibration, the band at 1602,1627 cm"1 are characteristic of NH2+ deformation modes and C=C (vinyl benzene) stretching, respectively. 

Zirconates Zirconate coupling agents have very similar structure to the titanates. They also perform similar functions. Zirconium compounds exist in both water and organic solvent soluble forms. Like the titanates, zirconate coupling agents are useful in improving the dispersion characteristics of fillers in polymer systems. Examples of zirconate coupling... 

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