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Synergistic influence of carbon black and montmorillonite nano clay on mechanical, electrical, and acoustic properties of nitrile butadiene rubber nanocomposites via gamma radiation

  • May M. El Zayat EMAIL logo , Nashwa. M. Yousif ORCID logo , Tarek M. El-Basheer and Rania Mounir
Published/Copyright: July 8, 2025
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 113 Issue 9

Abstract

Aiming at enhancing the characters of the synthetic rubber (NBR) to fulfill the required measures of many applications, this work aims to study the impact of both, carbon black at a constant concentration of 40 phr and organomontmorillonite clay (nanoclay) at varying loading levels (0, 3, 7 and 10) phr, as reinforcing fillers within the acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) matrix. The surfactant, N-cetyl-N, N, N-trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), was applied to modify the superficial properties of the clay. Modified montmorillonite possesses desirable intercalating behavior within the rubber matrix, regarded as effective reinforcing filler that can replace other fillers. TEM, FT-IR, XRD and EDX methods were used to characterize the developed organomontmorillonite. Similarly, the nanocomposites mechanical, electrical, acoustic and thermal stability properties were investigated.

Keywords: organomontmorillonite; nanocomposites; mechanical; acoustic; electrical properties; thermal analysis
Corresponding author: May M. El Zayat, Radiation Chemistry Department, Egyptian National Center for Radiation Research and Technology, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Nasr City, Egypt, E-mail:

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  3. Author contributions: May M. El Zayat: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, writing – original draft; Rania Mounir: methodology, investigation, data curation, writing – original draft; Tarek M. El-Basheer: investigation, data curation, writing – original draft; Nashwa. M. Yousif: investigation, data curation, writing – original draft.

  4. Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: Not applicable.

  5. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interest.

  6. Research funding: No funding.

  7. Data availability: All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this article.

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Received: 2024-11-07
Accepted: 2025-06-07
Published Online: 2025-07-08
Published in Print: 2025-09-25

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