Advances in rubber compounds using ZnO and MgO as co-cure activators

MN Alam, V Kumar, SS Park - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide performs as the best cure activator in sulfur-based vulcanization of rubber, but it is
regarded as a highly toxic material for aquatic organisms. Hence, the toxic cure activator …

Application of sulfur and peroxide curing systems for cross-linking of rubber composites filled with calcium lignosulfonate

J Kruželák, K Hložeková, A Kvasničáková, K Tomanová… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Calcium lignosulfonate in different loadings was applied to the rubber matrix based on
EPDM. A sulfur curing system, organic peroxide, and a combination of organic peroxide with …

Advanced ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) rubber composites filled with raw silicon carbide or hybrid systems with different conventional fillers

D Bartosik, B Szadkowski, M Kuśmierek, P Rybiński… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
We studied the effects of silicon carbide (SiC) and SiC hybrid systems with different
conventional fillers (silica, carbon black, graphene, hydrotalcite, halloysite) on the …

Preparation of fluororubber/carbon nanotube composites and the effect of carbon nanotubes on aging resistance and solvent resistance of fluororubber

H Zhou, S Li, Z Zhang, R Cai, F Wang… - … Science, Part A, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Improvement of the aging resistance of the rubber composites for oil and gas exploitation
has been attracting the interest of scientists. In this work, the Fluororubber (FKM)/multi …

Boosting mechanical and aging resistance performances of filled-rubber with MgO and ZnO co-cure activators in diverse vulcanization systems

MN Alam, V Kumar, DJ Lee, SS Park - Journal of Industrial and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the decades, ZnO has been the primary cure activator in the sulfur vulcanization of
rubber, but due to its environmental impact on aquatic ecosystems, its use in rubber …

Enhancing rubber vulcanization cure kinetics: Lowering vulcanization temperature by addition of MgO as co-cure activator in ZnO-based cure activator systems

MN Alam, V Kumar, SU Jeong, SS Park - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Vulcanization is a chemical modification of rubber that requires a considerable amount of
thermal energy. To save thermal energy, the kinetics of rubber vulcanization should be …

Synergistic combination of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) and nitrosoamine-safe thiuram disulfide as advanced rubber vulcanizing accelerators

MN Alam, SC Debnath… - … of Elastomers & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, we developed a combination accelerator system to synergistically improve the
vulcanizing activity of 2-marcapto benzothiazole (MBT) with different nitrosamine-safe …

Nitrosamine-safe thiuram disulfide and benzothiazole sulfenamide as a synergistic pair of accelerators for the vulcanization of rubber

MN Alam, SC Debnath, J Choi - Journal of Polymer Research, 2021 - Springer
In this study, the synergistic activities of the novel bis-(N-phenyl piperazino) thiuram disulfide
(PPTD) and bis-(N-ethyl piperazino) thiuram disulfide (EPTD) with N-Cyclohexyl-2 …

The Synergistic Effect of Dibenzyldithiocarbamate Based Accelerator on the Vulcanization and Performance of the Silica-Filled Styrene–Butadiene Elastomer

M Maciejewska, A Sowińska-Baranowska - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work focused on studying the effect of dibenzyldithocarbamate vulcanization
accelerator on the curing characteristics and performance of styrene–butadiene elastomer …

[HTML][HTML] High-temperature stirring pretreatment of waste rubber particles enhances the interfacial bonding and mechanical properties of rubberized concrete

Y Jing, C Zhang, A Arab, G Lin, M Zhao - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper innovatively proposes a method of 180° C high-temperature stirring pretreatment
for waste rubber particles and compares this method with untreated, NaOH-treated, and …