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Insight on the properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes reinforced nitrile rubber composites cured by ionizing radiation or peroxide: a comparative study

  • Khaled F. El-Nemr , Hamdi Radi EMAIL logo , Aman I. Khalaf ORCID logo and Eman M. Hamdy
Published/Copyright: April 18, 2024
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 112 Issue 6

Abstract

A comparative study was carried out between ionizing radiation and dicumyl peroxide (Dicup) as two different curing systems for nitrile rubber (NBR) reinforced with different concentrations of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Upon ionizing irradiation, the tensile strength (TS) of the composites increases with increasing absorbed dose up to 50 kGy and then decreases with increasing absorbed dose. TS also increases with increasing of MWCNTs content up to 0.75 phr (part per hundred part of rubber). TS values are decreased in the case of Dicup curing as compared with radiation curing. Other characterizations were made, such as the Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopies (FTIR), and morphological characterization, which give further implications for the good compatibility between MWCNTs and NBR phases. A study of the effect of fuel on NBR/MWCNTs composites showed that the composites cured by Dicup had lower values for swelling in fuels when compared with others that were cured by radiation.

Keywords: NBR; ionizing radiation; carbon nanotubes; peroxide; mechanical properties
Corresponding author: Hamdi Radi, Radiation Chemistry Department National Center for Radiation Research and Technology, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

All persons who have made significant contributions to the work mentioned in the manuscript (eg, technical assistance, writing and editing assistance, and general support) are the working authors and we thank the National Centre of Radiation Research and Technology - Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) for the support needed to complete the work.

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission. Khaled F. El-Nemr was responsible for the conception and design, analysis and data interpretation, data acquisition, writing review. H. Radi was responsible for preparation, analysis and data interpretation, validation, data curation, writing - a review, and editing. Aman I. Khalaf and Eman M. Hamdy were responsible for testing, and data interpretation. All authors read, revise, and approved the final manuscript.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

  4. Research funding:None declared.

  5. Data availability: The authors declare that all data supporting the findings and materials of this study are available within the paper.

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Received: 2023-11-03
Accepted: 2024-03-24
Published Online: 2024-04-18
Published in Print: 2024-06-25

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