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An early form of carbon black produced by the burning of oils in a simple type of furnace. It was used in the compounding of rubber mainly as a black pigment it has little or no reinforcing effect. 

A typical tire rubber formulation for tire tread will contain various rubbers, mainly styrene-butadiene (50%) and cA-polybutadiene (12%), various processing aids (2%), softeners (3%), vulcanizing agent (mainly sulfur 1%), accelerators, and reinforcing filler (namely carbon black 30%) so that by bulk, carbon black is the second most used material. 

A zero or negative interfacial tension also implies the compatibiliza-tion of two phases (12). An inter-diffusion at the molten stage can take place under this condition. We could expect the graft side chain to diffuse into the polymer phase and the grafted rubber main chain to diffuse into the rubber phase as shown in Figure 6. On the whole, we can conclude that grafting tends to make rubber more compatible with the polymer phase. 

In practice, the most important chemical modification of natural rubber is vulcanization. Vulcanization is applied for the modification of mechanical properties of natural rubber, mainly regarding the temperature range of elasticity, which is considerably extended. The process consists of a chemical reaction with sulfur (1-3%), which takes place at 130-145° C. Besides sulfur, a reaction at room temperature with S2CI2 is sometimes used for vulcanization. The reaction takes place as follows ... 

Stable. Inert to most chemical reagents and rubber. Main tains about the same viscosity over a wide temperature range. Sol in benzene and the lighter hydrocarbons slightly sot in alcohol and the heavy hydrocarbons. 

To begin with, this book gives information about chemicals that can cause health hazards and toxic compounds , with regard to plastics and rubbers (mainly in Chapters 2, 3 and 10) and also carcinogenic chemicals, for their relevance to the topic. Some specific examples are described in more detail in the other chapters. 

Melt adhesives and plastisols do not contain solvents. The solution adhesives group includes products made from the following polymer-solvent systems nitrocellulose (typical solvents include solvent combinations usually of a ketone or an ester, an alcohol and a hydrocarbon selected from isopropanol, 2-butylhexanol, amyl acetate, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone), nitrile rubber (main solvent - methyl ethyl ketone), polychloroprene (which is usually dissolved in a mixture of solvents including a ketone or an ester, an aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon selected from naphtha, hexane, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, benzene, toluene), and polyvinyl acetate (water). 

Reomol TPP Ciba-Geigy Triphenyl phosphate 10% P 48 387 CA, CAB, rubbers (mainly nitrile rubber)... 

Why is the high elasticity of the rubber mainly sourced from the entropy change ... 

This work considers the process of modification of the Indian rubber in the form of latex with ozone. Kinetics of the process has been studied. The proposed process proved to make it possible obtaining of a polymer comprised of the terminal carbonyl and carboxyl groups. It was found that an increase of ozonization degree reduced molecular mass of the Indian rubber. Main physical and mechanical properties of the rubber compounds based on the mixture of original and ozonizated mbbers were determined. Some advantages of the rubber compounds on the basis of the ozonized polymer were discussed in this chapter. 

It was considered that the rubber mainly behaved similarly to the non-Newtonian liquid under our experimental conditions, because of the slow rotating speed of the rotors or the low shear rate. 

Liquid NR is a recent development. It is obtained by scission of the rubber main chain to reduce its molecular weight from about 1 million to between 10,000 and 30,000. It is expected to have applications in co-curable plasticisers for rubbers, adhesives and sealants. 

With respect to the use of biobased sources, adhesive products have been ahead of plastics. They are often called natural adhesives. Animal- and plant-based adhesives have been used for thousands of years. Three prominent classes of natural adhesives include proteins (polyamides), carbohydrates (polysaccharides), and natural rubber (mainly cw-polyisoprene). Three specific examples are starch, a carbohydrate gelatin, a protein and rubber cement made from natural rubber. Advantages of biobased adhesives include recyclability and environmental safety. The latter is an important consideration because of presence of solvents and hazardous ingredients in some synthetic adhesives. 

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