TG–MS analysis of nitrile butadiene rubber blends (NBR/PVC)

✍ Scribed by A. Pappa; K. Mikedi; A. Agapiou; S. Karma; G.C. Pallis; M. Statheropoulos; M. Burke

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 372 KB
• Volume: 92
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-2370
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2011.05.003

✦ Synopsis

Blends of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are widely used in products such as hoses and seals. As part of a project that uses NBR/PVC blends for manufacturing forest fire hoses, blends of NBR/PVC with various inorganic fillers, such as Mg(OH) 2 , china clay (organic modified kaolin) and nano clay (organic modified bentonite) were studied by TG-MS. No significant changes were observed to the type of the polymers' decomposition products, compared to that of NBR/PVC blend without additives. The most remarkable change was the absence of HCl from decomposition products in the presence of the Mg(OH) 2 additive.