Curing Characteristics and Tensile Properties of White Fly Ash Filled Natural Rubber Compounds

Abstract:

The effect of white fly ash (WFA) on cure characteristics and tensile properties of natural rubber compounds were investigated in the range of 0 to 30 phr. The size of WFA that is used in this study was 45-75 μm. Based on the result, it is found that the scorch time and cure time decreased with increasing of WFA loading. The tensile strength gradually increased to the maximum at 5 phr WFA. The further increase of WFA loading led to the decrease in tensile strength. Tensile properties such as M100 (stress at 100 % elongation) was gradually increased with the increasing of WFA loading, meanwhile, the elongation break showed a decreasing trend.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 625)
• Pages: 753-756
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.625.753
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Hisyam Mokhtar*, Razif Nordin, Saidatulakmar Shamsuddin, N.Z. Noriman
• Keywords: Curing Characteristics, Natural Rubber, Tensile Properties, White Fly Ash

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