Thermoplastic Natural Rubber

ISBN-13: 9783846529294 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str.

Maswanee Narathichat; Charoen Nakason; Norbert Vennemann

Opis

Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are rubbery materials with properties and functional performance similar to those of conventional vulcanized rubber. Interest in natural rubber (NR) and thermoplastic blends (TPNRs) has also been increased recently. By blending with polar thermoplastics such as polyamide-12 (PA-12), epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) is one of the modified NR forms used to prepare TPNRs which improves compatibility of the polymer pairs. Blend compatibility was promoted because of interaction between oxirane rings in ENR and polar functional groups in polyamide molecules (i.e. NH2, -COOH, -NH-CO-) and hence the blend properties. Temperature scanning stress relaxation (TSSR) measurement revealed an improvement in stress relaxation behaviour and thermal resistance of the blends with ENR. Moreover, it is possible to apply the TSSR to determine the compatibility of the blends based on the temperature coefficient ( .max) value in combination with ATR-FTIR technique.

O autorze

Dr. Maswanee Narathichat has obtained her PhD degree in Polymer Technology in 2011 under Thai-German research collaboration granted by the Thailand Research Fund (RGJ-PHD 2548) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Her successful work was accepted for several international conferences and her articles were published in reputed journals.