Tensile stress relaxation studies of TiO2 and nanosilica filled natural rubber composites

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3410-3416

  Meera, A P ^a   Said, Sylvere ^b   Grohens, Yves ^b   Luyt, A S ^c   Thomas, Sabu ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF AGGLOMERATIONS; EFFECT OF AGEING; EXPERIMENTAL CURVES; FILLER LOADINGS; FITTING PARAMETERS; NANO SILICAS; NATURAL RUBBER COMPOSITES; NATURAL RUBBERS; STRAIN LEVELS; STRESS RELAXATION BEHAVIORS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE FILLERS;

AGGLOMERATION; FILLERS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; RUBBER; SILICA; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

STRESS RELAXATION;

EID: 65249123499     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801494s     Document Type: Article

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