Crack prevention curing

Low shrinkage to prevents voidage or cracking during cure of thicker layers. 

Internal or external insulation for the adsorbers may be used. The main purpose of internal insulation is to reduce the total regeneration gas requirements and costs. Internal insulation eliminates the need to heal and cool the steel walls of the adsorber vessel. Normally, a castable refaciory lining is used for internal insulation. The refractory must be applied and properly cured to prevent liner cracks. Liner cracks will per-... 

Some materials require a controlled curing period to develop full strength and prevent serious cracking in the future. 

This also means that stress relief joints will be required on this type of floor to break the lines of stress from the slow growth of the brick or tile, and so prevent disbonding, followed by heaving, just as the stress relief joints in a monolithic floor provide for the cure shrinkage of the monolithic. It should also be remembered that, unlike brick on a membrane, if brick (or tile) are bonded to the substrate, and if the substrate cracks, so will the tile or brick structure. 

Attention should be paid to preventing the formation of cracks and voids during cure (15), which are caused by shrinkage during solidification of the propellant. Specific processing conditions are required for each propellant formulation and rocket size according to Arendaie 115). 

Inhibitors are added in small quantities to increase the shelf life of the compounds. They also help in modifying the cure rate and the magnitude of the exotherm to prevent cracking in thick sections of the molded components. Substituted phenolic derivatives and the quaternary ammonium salts, like hydro-quinone and p-benzoquinone, are two general classes of inhibitors usually used. More information about initiator chemistry is available in the literature. 

The proven compounding practice for the natural rubber layer is to load it with 30 phr of graphite, 30 phr of semi-reinforcing carbon black filler and 50 phr of inert filler, china clay. A low sulfur curing system is adopted for heat resistance with a suitable antioxidant to prevent flex-cracking. A typical chlorine resistant soft natural rubber compound formula is given in Table 3.2. 

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The bond sets within a few minutes and does not require curing to yield good bonds or to prevent cracking. Construction of roofs and rafters can be started without the 12-24 hour curing period. 

A retarded mix must be adequately cured in order to prevent plastic cracking, which can arise if the concrete is allowed to dry out before sufficient strength has developed. 

Methods to prevent this diffusion gradient include preparing a masterbatch of dithiocarbamate accelerators in the polymer (HR, EPDM) and grafting accelerators onto the polymer (EPDM). One advantage of a cure system mismatch is improved ozone crack resistance. In any case, cure system location control is critical. Figure 4.10 shows the diffusion of sulfur from natural rubber to SBR. Two rubber samples are placed in contact with each other and heated. The sulfur concentration is then measured at increasing distances from the interface. In this case, considerable transfer occurs and significant concentrations build up in the SBR phase. 

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