Natural rubber nanocomposites carbon nanotubes

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Ismail H, Ramly AF, Othman N (2013) Effects of silica/multiwall carbon nanotube hybrid fillers on the properties of natural rubber nanocomposites. J Appl Polym Sci 2433... 

NR composites and nanocomposites can be fabricated by three main techniques, namely latex compounding, solution mixing and melt blending. A variety of nanofillers, such as carbon black, silica, carbon nanotubes, graphene, calcium carbonate, organomodified clay, reclaimed rubber powder, recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) powder, cellulose whiskers, starch nanocrystals, etc. have been used to reinforce NR composites and nanocomposites over the past two decades. In this chapter, we discuss the preparation and properties of NR composites and nanocomposites from the viewpoint of nanofillers. We divide nanofillers into four different types conventional fillers, natural fillers, metal or compound fillers and hybrid fillers, and the following discussion is based on this classification. 

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Boonmahitthisud et al., prepared natural rubber/carboxylated styrene butadiene rubber (NR/XSBR) (80/20) nanocomposites containing different loadings of carbon nanotube (CNT) (0.1-0.4 phr) by a latex stage compounding method. The dynamic mechanical properties, in terms of tan 8 and E, of the neat 80/20 NR/XSBR blend and its nanocomposites were evaluated from —80 to 100 °C. Figure 21 shows the influence CNT loadings, on the tan 8 and E as a function of temperature for the nanocomposites [100]. 

The viscoelastic properties of natural rubber (NR) nanocomposites filled with silica/multiwall carbon nanotube hybrid fillers have been studied by H. Ismail et al. [46]. The addition of hybrid fillers (MWCNTs-i-silica) to the NR matrix... 

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