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Constant viscosity NR grades are produced by adding hydroxylamine (salt) either to the NR latex before the coagulation process

or by spraying to the freshly coagulated material, in order to minimize the storage-hardening phenomenon, whose origin is currently assigned to the formation of (natural) crosslinks on storage. The progressive hardening that occurs in NR upon long-term storage leads to an increase in plasticity number and Mooney viscosity. Among the specified and limited properties are the dirt, the ash and the nitrogen content, the initial plasticity P0, the plasticity retention index (PRI) and the Mooney viscosity These properties are considered important for an efficient processing of NR. The most important property of NR for its use in products manufacturing plants is viscosity [4]. Viscosity is a function of the elastomers molecular weight (MW), its molecular weight distribution (MWD) and the amount of other materials present in the polymer, such as low molecular weight resin, fatty acids and other natural products, generally referred as non-rubber components. Viscosity impacts the initial mixing of the rubber with other compounding ingredients and the subsequent processing steps of the compounded materials in order to elaborate the final manufactured (i.e. vulcanized) products [5]. For technical grades classification only simple rheology related properties are tested: initial plasticity (P0) and plasticity retention index (PRI) as measured with a parallel plate plastimeter (i.e. a complex radial flow situation from axial compression); the Mooney rheometer provides a single torque reading value, at best a single point reading of shear viscosity.

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