Elastomer Composites Containing Layered Fillers Modified with Ionic Liquids

Abstract:

Montmorillonite is usually modified with ammonium salts, in our study the selected ionic liquids were applied as modifying agents for the intercalation of montmorillonite. Surface properties of modified fillers, the zeta potential of suspended solids in the water, the oil absorption number, the impact of modifications on the tendency to agglomerate in the non-polar and polar medium were studied. The modified fillers were used in two matrices with different polarity: the ethylene-propylene copolymer EPM and hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber HNBR. Elastomers were crosslinked with dicumyl peroxide DCP. The influence of the variously modified fillers on the cross-linking density of the vulcanizates, rheometric and mechanical properties of filled systems were investigated. The ageing studies (thermal, atmospheric and under UV radiations) were conducted.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 714)
• Pages: 73-78
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.714.73
• Online since: March 2012
• Authors: Magdalena Lipinska, Anna Laskowska, Marian Zaborski
• Keywords: Elastomer, Exfoliation, Intercalation, Ionic Liquid (IL), Layered Fillers, Layered Silicates, Montmorillonite, Nanocomposite

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