Papers by Author: Mao Fang Huang

Abstract: Thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) based on epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) and polypropylene (PP) were prepared in an internal mixer at 180°C. The effects of curing systems (i.e., sulfur and peroxide) on morphological, rheological, thermal and mechanical properties were studied. It is found that the sulfur cured TPVs show higher tensile strength, tear strength and elongation at break than those cured with the DCP systems. The rheological analysis indicates that TPVs cured with DCP system show lower apparent shear viscosity than those with sulfur system. SEM studies show that TPVs vulcanized with DCP system exhibit smaller and finely dispersed rubber domains, which provides it higher thermal stability than sulfur cured TPVs.

Abstract: Effect of CMCS on the thermal stability of natural rubber(NR) was studied by means of TG-DTG,and the decomposition activation energy(Ea) was calculated through Flynn–Wall–Ozawa (FWO) method in the paper.The results showed that the Ea of NR mixed with CMCS was higher than that of ammonification NR,and the thermal stability of NR improved with increasing the addition level of CMCS.