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Reinforcement of carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (XNBR) with graphene nanoplatelets with varying surface area

  • Anna Laskowska EMAIL logo , Anna Marzec , Marian Zaborski and Gisele Boiteux
Published/Copyright: March 6, 2014
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Journal of Polymer Engineering
From the journal Journal of Polymer Engineering Volume 34 Issue 9

Abstract

Graphene nanoplatelets (xGnP-C) with specific surface areas varying from 300 to 750 m2/g were investigated as novel reinforcing fillers for carboxylated acrylonitrile- butadiene rubber (XNBR). The effects of graphene nanoflakes loadings up to 15 parts per hundred rubber (phr) on the rheometric characteristics, stress-strain behavior, crosslink density (ν), resistance to UV radiation and thermo-oxidative aging of the XNBR/ZnO/graphene xGnP-C composites were investigated. Substantial improvement in the mechanical properties of XNBR with increased contents of xGnP-C filler was achieved. It was found that the addition of 5 phr of graphene significantly increased UV stability, tensile strength (TS) and modulus at 100%, 200% and 300% elongation of rubber material. The effect was more pronounced for composites containing graphene with the highest specific surface area 750 m2/g. The chemical information on the functional groups on the xGnP-C surface was obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) method. In this case, the reinforcing effect of graphene xGnP-C may result from an additional chemical bonding which is possible between the -COOH groups of the rubber and the reactive, oxygen-containing groups on the filler surface.

Keywords: carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber; elastomeric composites; graphene; mechanical properties; UV stability
Corresponding author: Anna Laskowska, Institute of Polymer and Dye Technology, Technical University of Lodz, Stefanowskiego 12/16, Lodz 90–924, Poland, e-mail:

Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported from research project No NN209 200338.

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Received: 2013-6-25
Accepted: 2014-1-26
Published Online: 2014-3-6
Published in Print: 2014-12-1

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https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2013-0149
Keywords for this article
carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber; elastomeric composites; graphene; mechanical properties; UV stability

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