Rubber EPDM-clay nanocomposites

Ethylene propylene diene rubber is a well-known general-purpose rubber with a significant commercial importance. It has been one of the main mbbers to be investigated with organo-treated layered silicates to study the effects of nanoreinforcement on properties.EPDM nanocomposites with clays have been prepared by simple static mixing in confined chamber such as Haake, solution blending, and on a laboratory two roll mill. However, most EPDM/clay nanocomposites have been produced by conventional, internal melt blending process. " ... [Pg.310]

Polyolefin must be modified to make it become polarized. This polarized polyolefin can then be processed to synthesize a nanocomposite. Rubber does not need to be modified to synthesize a nanocomposite. If we take EPDM as an example, EPDM can be mixed with C18-Mt, and this mixture is intercalated in the clay gallery during vulcanization. When the vulcanization... [Pg.189]

Rubber nanocomposites can be based on many rubber matrices, for example (clay reinforcement) natural rubber [41] or synthetic mbber materials such as styrene-butadiene rubber [42], nitrile-rubber [43], EPDM [44] or polyurethane [45, 46],... [Pg.68]

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