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  • Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs)-Reinforced Natural Rubber (NR)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer (EPDM) Composites

  • P. Ganeshan, M. S. Ravi Theja†  , P. Ramshankar*, and K. Raja**

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 64102, India
    *Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600025, India
    **Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Dindgul, Dindgul, Tamil Nadu - 624622, India

  • 할로이사이트 나노튜브를 포함하는 천연고무(NR)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer(EPMD) 복합소재 연구

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Abstract

Natural rubber/ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (NR/EPDM) rubber blends of composition 75/25 with 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 phr (parts per hundred rubber) halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were prepared by two-roll mill. The effect of HNTs on the cure characteristics and mechanical properties of the NR/EPDM nanocomposites were studied. The effect of HNTs loading on the morphological, physical, swelling resistance and compression set of nanocomposites based on NR/EPDM was also investigated. Tensile strength tests revealed that the HNTs-reinforced NR/EPDM composite could resist 84% greater strength to break than the NR/EPDM blend without reinforcement. The introduction of HNTs into the NR/EPDM rubber matrix induced a rough morphology in the fracture surface, and a well-dispersed structure was obtained with the inclusion of up to 8 phr of HNTs, according to the morphological analyses.


Keywords: natural rubber/ethylene-propylene-diene monomer, halloysite nanotubes, mechanical properties, swelling resistance, morphology.

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2022 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2023; 47(4): 404-416

    Published online Jul 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.4.404
  • Received on Nov 30, 2022
  • Revised on Mar 14, 2023
  • Accepted on May 22, 2023

Correspondence to

  • M. S. Ravi Theja

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 64102, India

  • E-mail: thejaneeds@gmail.com