EFFECT OF IRRADIATION DOSE ON CROSS-LINK DENSITY OF EPDM RUBBER
Elena Manaila, Maria Daniela Stelescu, Gabriela Craciun, Daniel Ighigeanu, Mihai Georgescu
Pages: 186-195
Published: 1 Jan 2012
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Abstract: This paper presents the effect of irradiation dose on the gel fraction and crosslink density of the ethylene-propylene–terpolymer (EPDM) rubber blended with polyfunctional monomer trimethylolpropane-trimethacrylate (TMPT) and cross-linked by electron beam (EB). Dependence of gel fraction and crosslink density on irradiation dose was determined from a dose range of 0 kGy to 50kGy. The results indicate that the application of new technologies will lead to a significant improvement in physical properties of finished products and to optimize the curing stage, the most important operation of the technological process for obtaining elastomeric materials.
Keywords: ethylene-propylene–terpolymer rubber, cross-linking, electron beam, cross-link density
Cite this article: Elena Manaila, Maria Daniela Stelescu, Gabriela Craciun, Daniel Ighigeanu, Mihai Georgescu. EFFECT OF IRRADIATION DOSE ON CROSS-LINK DENSITY OF EPDM RUBBER. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Materials, Methods & Technologies 6, 186-195 (2012). https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1003167/
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