A kinetic and rheometric investigation of hexamethylol melamine derivative on the cure of natural rubber compounds

✍ Scribed by Bidyut Baran Konar

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 299 KB
• Volume: 63
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19970110)63:2<233::aid-app10>3.0.co;2-3

✦ Synopsis

Hexamethylol melamine (HMM) was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The optimum dose of HMM in the presence of a sulfur accelerator in a natural rubber (NR)-filled compound was determined. The cure rate and kinetics of crosslink formation indicate that HMM enhances the first-order rate of vulcanization in an NR compound. The results reveal good mechanical properties of an HMM-based NR carbon black-filled vulcanizate.