## Abstract The effect of __m__βphenylenedimaleimide on the rate of cross linking of synthetic rubbers, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, and other polymers, under the action of ionizing radiation is described. The dose reduction factor for equivalent degrees of crosslinking obta
Use of dimaleimides as accelerators for the radiation-induced vulcanization of hydrocarbon polymers
β Scribed by Miller, S. M. ;Roberts, R. ;Vale, R. L.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1962
- Weight
- 864 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3832
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The effect of alkyl and aryl dimaleimides on the rate of crosslinking of natural rubber is described by means of experiments with ionizing radiation. The dose for vulcanization can be reduced from 5 Γ 10^7^ to 2.0 Γ 10^6^ rad by use of purified rubber and 5% of additive, and the reaction is doseβrate dependent with an intensity exponent of 0.57. The reaction is further accelerated by the addition of small quantities of solvents. By use of C^14^βlabeled dimaleimides it is shown that there is approximately one dimaleimide unit to each crosslink. Possible chain mechanisms for the reaction are discussed.
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