Thiuram-accelerated sulfur vulcanization. IV. Zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate-accelerated sulfur vulcanization
β Scribed by M. Geyser; W. J. McGill
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 496 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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β¦ Synopsis
SYNOPSIS
2,3-Dimethyl-2-butene (TME) was used as a model for polyisoprene in a study of zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate (Zn,(dmtc),) -accelerated sulfur vulcanization. Mixtures of T M E and curatives were heated in sealed tubes to 130Β°C for various times and the contents analyzed by HPLC. Zn2(dmtc),, in the presence of sulfur, reacts with T M E to form pendent groups of high sulfur rank. This reaction proceeds via a concerted mechanism without the formation of zinc perthiomercaptide as a true intermediate. Crossinking is slow but there is no induction period, the reaction between thiuram pendent groups of high sulfur rank being catalyzed by ZnP(dmtc),. Tetramethylthiourea is not formed.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Polyisoprene/tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD)/sulfur compounds were vulcanized under a variety of conditions. TMTD does not decompose to tetramethylthiourea (TMTU) at vulcanization temperatures as has been suggested, neither is it formed as an integral part of the crosslinking process. Instead, i
Mixtures of tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD)/ZnO and TMTD/sulfur/ZnO were heated in a DSC to various temperatures. Zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate (Zn,(dmtc)J formed only in undried TMTD/ZnO mixes, the reaction being catalyzed by water on the ZnO surface. The presence of ZnO delays the decomposition