Mechanical properties and cross-linking structure of cross-linked natural rubber

Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 772-777

  Chaikumpollert, Oraphin ^a,b   Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^c   Suchiva, Krisda ^b   Kawahara, Seiichi ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL METAL AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

^c TOKYO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cross linking junctions; mechanical properties; natural rubber; NMR

Indexed keywords

CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; CROSS-LINKED NATURAL RUBBER; CROSS-LINKING STRUCTURES; QUATERNARY CARBON; SOLID-STATE NMR SPECTROSCOPY;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR; VULCANIZATION;

RUBBER;

EID: 84864718459     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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