Natural fiber filled rubber composites

Extensive reviews on short fibers-reinforced elastomers have been published by Goettler and Shen, ° and more recently by Rajeev. Table 7.11 is a list of selected published works on natural fiber-filled rubber composites, sorted by rubber type. Only vulcanizable rubbers were considered in preparing the table thermoplastic rubber and rubber-plastics blends were omitted. As can be seen most grades of conventional elastomers have been considered with quite a large variety of natural fibers. Natural Rubber, SBR, and EPDM compounds have received much attention, as expected with respect to their industrial importance. A bonding system is us in most cases, with resin types (i.e. resorcinol-formaldehyde, resorcinol-hexamethylenetetramine, sil-ica-resorcinol-hexamethylenetetramine) the most frequent ones. 

Selected Published Works on Natural Fiber Filled Rubber Composites (Vulcanizable Rubbers only)... 

Meera, A., Thomas P, S., Thomas, S. Effect of organoclay on the gas barrier properties of natural rubber nanocomposites. Polymer Composites. 2012, 33, 524-531. Majeed, K., Jawaid, M., Hassan, A., AbuBakar, A.,Abdul Khalil, H. P. S., Salema, A. A., Inuwa, I. Potential materials for food packaging from nanoclay/natural fibers filled hybrid composites. Mater Design. 2013,46, 391 10. 

Thermal conductivity studies have been conducted on a wide range of filled polymers and composites, including carbon fibers [62-68], aluminum powder [65], nitride [66], magnetite, barite, talc, copper, strontium ferrite [67], glass fiber-filled polypropylene and manganese or iron-filled polyaniline, carbon nanotubes [68], and nickel-cobalt-zinc ferrite in natural rubber [70]. 

Ismail, H., Shuhelmy, S., and Edyham, M.R. (2002) The effects of a silane coupling agent on curing characteristics and mechanical properties of bamboo fiber filled natural rubber composites. Eur. Polym. J., 38, 39-47. 

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