Blending of Natural Rubber/Recycled Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer: Cure Behaviors and Mechanical Properties

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 501-509

  Hayeemasae, Nabil ^a   Ismail, Hanafi ^a   Azura, A R ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cure behaviors; Mechanical properties; Morphology; Recycled ethylene propylene diene monomer

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CURE BEHAVIOR; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER; MAXIMUM TORQUE; MONOMER BLENDS; ROUGHNESS SURFACES; SEM MICROGRAPHS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

BLENDING; CRACKS; CURING; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOMERS; MORPHOLOGY; RECYCLING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

PROPYLENE;

EID: 84876031532     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2012.762020     Document Type: Article

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