Change in Network Structures of Filled Rubbers in Mixing and Kneading Processes<br />— Discussion from the Viewpoint of Three Network Model

English Abstract

Change in Network Structures of Filled Rubbers in Mixing and Kneading Processes
— Discussion from the Viewpoint of Three Network Model —

Yoshinobu ISONO

Department of Materials Science and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan

Nippon Gomu Kyokaishi,(2016),89(4),91-96 General Review in Japanese

Filled rubbers are mixtures of polymers having low glass transition temperatures and inorganic fillers such as carbon black. Nanoparticle-filled rubbers include hierarchical network structures i.e. entanglement, bridged filler, and contact filler networks, due to polymer-polymer, polymer-filler, and filler-filler interactions, respectively. In this article, change in hierarchical network structures of filled rubbers in mixing and kneading processes are discussed from the viewpoint of Three Network Model.

(Received on January 27, 2016)

Keywords: Rubber, Filler, Carbon Black, Hierarchical Network Structures, Mixing and Kneading Processes

Change in Network Structures of Filled Rubbers in Mixing and Kneading Processes— Discussion from the Viewpoint of Three Network Model —

Change in Network Structures of Filled Rubbers in Mixing and Kneading Processes
— Discussion from the Viewpoint of Three Network Model —