Effect of clay on properties of ionic thermoplastic elastomer based on EPDM

✍ Scribed by Thomas Kurian; P. P. De; D. K. Tripathy; S. K. De; D. G. Peiffer

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 477 KB
• Volume: 62
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19961205)62:10<1729::aid-app25>3.0.co;2-v

✦ Synopsis

Incorporation of hard clay causes improvement in most of the physical properties of zincsulfonated EPDM of high ethylene content. Zinc stearate reduces the melt viscosity of the clay-filled zinc-sulfonated EPDM during high-temperature processing, but does not adversely affect the physical properties at ambient temperatures. Studies include the measurement of physical properties, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), processability studies in a Monsanto processability tester (MPT), and dynamic mechanical analyses (DMA).