Electron beam crosslinked gels-Preparation, characterization and their effect on the mechanical, dynamic mechanical and rheological properties of rubbers

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-296

  Mitra, Suman ^a   Chattopadhyay, Santanu ^a   Sabharwal, Sunil ^b   Bhowmick, Anil K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Electron beam irradiation; Latex gel; NR; SBR; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

BUTYL ACRYLATES; CAPILLARY RHEOMETER; CROSS-LINKED GELS; CROSS-LINKED NATURAL RUBBER; DIE SWELL; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; EB IRRADIATION; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; NR; NR LATEX; PROCESSABILITY; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SBR SYSTEM; SOLVENT SWELLING; STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BUTADIENE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; GLASS TRANSITION; IRRADIATION; LATEXES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY; RUBBER; STYRENE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

GELS;

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACRYLIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; AMMONIA; LATEX; RUBBER; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON BEAM; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROCESSING; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 74449091025     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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