Bird's Eye View of the Cure Process, First Attempts | p. 1 |
Method Based on the Capacity of Liquid Absorption | p. 1 |
Principle of the Method | p. 1 |
Experimental | p. 1 |
Experimental Results and Discussion | p. 2 |
Calculation of the State of Cure | p. 3 |
Temperature Dependence and Reference Temperature | p. 4 |
New Model Built by Hands and Horsfall | p. 5 |
Verification of the Method on Thick Rubber Samples | p. 5 |
Conclusions on This Method | p. 5 |
Numerical Evaluation of the State of Cure | p. 7 |
Principle of the Method | p. 7 |
Theoretical | p. 7 |
Results | p. 8 |
Heat Conduction and Vulcanization in Molds | p. 8 |
Principle of the Method | p. 8 |
Theoretical | p. 8 |
Theoretical and Experimental Results | p. 10 |
Remarks on the Calorimetry Studies | p. 11 |
Evaluation of Temperature and Extent of Cure during the Process | p. 11 |
Scheme of the Method | p. 11 |
Theoretical | p. 12 |
Kinetic Study Using Isothermal Calorimetry | p. 12 |
Results and Applications | p. 13 |
Conclusions | p. 13 |
Expression of the Cure Reaction | p. 15 |
S-Shaped SOC-Time Curves and Scorch Period at the Beginning of the Cure | p. 16 |
Cure Reaction Defined by a Complex Reaction System | p. 16 |
General Conclusions | p. 17 |
References | p. 18 |
General Study on Heat Transfer | p. 21 |
Various Means of Heat Transfer | p. 21 |
Heat Conduction | p. 21 |
Heat Convection | p. 21 |
Heat Radiation | p. 22 |
Heat Conduction | p. 22 |
Principle of Heat Conduction | p. 22 |
Differential Equation of Heat Conduction | p. 22 |
General Solution of Heat Conduction (Separation of Variables) | p. 24 |
Initial and Boundary Conditions | p. 25 |
Initial Conditions | p. 25 |
Boundary Conditions | p. 25 |
Heat Convection | p. 26 |
Forced Heat Convection | p. 27 |
Natural (Free) Heat Convection | p. 27 |
Solutions of the Equations of Heat Transfer | p. 28 |
Sheet Heated on Both Sides with Infinite Heat Transfer at the Interface | p. 28 |
Heat Transfer through a Rubber Sheet Immersed in a Large Volume of Fluid | p. 31 |
Thermal Properties of Rubbers | p. 32 |
Specific Heat | p. 32 |
Thermal Conductivity | p. 33 |
Thermal Diffusivity | p. 33 |
Surface Heat Transfer Coefficient | p. 34 |
Conclusions on Gum Rubbers | p. 34 |
Heating or Cooling Stages without Cure Reaction | p. 35 |
Cooling Stage of a Perfectly Cured Rubber Sheet in Motionless Fluid | p. 35 |
Case of Motionless Air at Room Temperature in Laminar Mode | p. 35 |
Case of Motionless Air at Room Temperature in Turbulent Mode | p. 36 |
Cooling of Perfectly Cured Rubber in Stirred Fluid | p. 39 |
Case of Stirred Air in a Vertical Position | p. 39 |
Case of Stirred Water in a Vertical Position | p. 39 |
Heating Stage of the Cured Rubber in the Mold | p. 39 |
Conclusions on Heat Transfer Boundary Conditions | p. 42 |
References | p. 44 |
Kinetics of the Cure Reaction | p. 47 |
Calorimetry: Principle, Theory, and Techniques | p. 47 |
Principle of Calorimetry | p. 47 |
Theoretical Considerations in Calorimetry | p. 48 |
Case of the Calorimeter with a Cylindrical Sample | p. 48 |
Case of the Calorimeter with a Horizontal Sensible Detector, Plane in Shape | p. 49 |
Isothermal Calorimetry Techniques | p. 50 |
Measure of the Cure Enthalpy under Isothermal Conditions | p. 50 |
Kinetics of the Overall Cure Reaction | p. 51 |
Calorimetry in Scanning Mode | p. 53 |
Measure of the Cure Enthalpy in Scanning Mode | p. 53 |
Kinetics of the Cure Reaction | p. 54 |
Conclusions on Calorimetry Techniques | p. 57 |
Increase in Stiffness during Cure: Isothermal MDR | p. 58 |
Presentation of the Technique | p. 58 |
Process of Cure in Isothermal MDR | p. 58 |
Experimental | p. 59 |
Theoretical Treatment | p. 60 |
Results Obtained by Calorimetry | p. 61 |
Results Obtained by Using Either MDR or Calorimetry | p. 62 |
Conclusions on the Process in Isothermal MDR | p. 66 |
MDR in Scanning Mode with Constant Heating Rate | p. 67 |
Presentation of the Technique | p. 67 |
Theoretical Treatment | p. 68 |
Assumptions | p. 68 |
Mathematical Treatment | p. 68 |
Results Obtained with MDR in Scanning Mode | p. 69 |
Material and Apparatus Used for the Study | p. 69 |
Calculation of the Torque-Temperature Curve | p. 69 |
Profiles of Temperature and State of Cure in the Rubber Sample | p. 71 |
Evaluation of the Kinetic Parameters from the Curves Obtained in Scanning Mode | p. 72 |
Conclusions on the MDR in Scanning Mode | p. 73 |
Improvements for MDR in Scanning Mode | p. 74 |
MDR Scanned with Change in Heating Rate | p. 74 |
MDR with Square-Root Time-Temperature Dependence | p. 75 |
Theoretical Treatment of the Process | p. 76 |
Materials and Apparatus | p. 76 |
Results Calculated with the MDR Run with This Method | p. 76 |
Conclusions | p. 79 |
References | p. 79 |
Cure of Rubber in Mold | p. 83 |
Rubber-Mold Relation | p. 83 |
Process of Heating and Cure | p. 83 |
Mathematical Treatment | p. 83 |
Numerical Treatment of the Problem | p. 84 |
Effect of the Position of the Heating System | p. 84 |
Mold-Rubber System | p. 84 |
Results Obtained for the Cure of the Rubber Sheet | p. 85 |
Effect of the Thickness of the Rubber Sheet | p. 89 |
Effect of the Enthalpy of Cure | p. 92 |
Effect of the Temperature on the Cure | p. 98 |
Effect of the Kinetic Parameters of the Cure | p. 101 |
Effect of the Order of the Overall Reaction | p. 102 |
Effect of the Activation Energy | p. 104 |
Effect Postcure of a Rubber Sheet | p. 106 |
Cure of Rubber-Metal Sandwiches | p. 110 |
Theoretical Study of the Process of Cure | p. 111 |
Results | p. 112 |
Simultaneous Cure of Various Kinds of Rubbers | p. 114 |
Theoretical Approach of the Process | p. 114 |
Results for Bilayer Rubber Compounds | p. 115 |
General Conclusions | p. 117 |
References | p. 118 |
Cure of Rubber with Injection Molding | p. 121 |
Principles of the Technique | p. 121 |
Evaluation of the Operational Conditions in the Injection System | p. 122 |
Theory | p. 122 |
Heating Stage in the Reservoir before Injection | p. 122 |
Injection Stage of the Rubber in the Mold | p. 123 |
Results for the Heating Stage in the Reservoir | p. 123 |
Heating Stage and Cure in the Mold | p. 124 |
Theoretical for the Stage of Cure in the Mold | p. 124 |
Results Obtained by Calculation | p. 125 |
Conclusions on Injection Molding | p. 132 |
References | p. 133 |
Mechanical Properties of Rubbers | p. 135 |
Mechanical Properties of Unvulcanized Rubbers | p. 135 |
Principle of Viscoelastic Behavior | p. 135 |
Measure of Plasticity and Flow Rate with Plastimeters | p. 135 |
Compression Plastimeters: Plate Test and Disc Test | p. 135 |
Rotation Plastimeters: Mooney Viscometer | p. 135 |
Extrusion Plastimeters and Die Swell | p. 136 |
Miscellaneous Processibility Tests | p. 136 |
Correlation between Plastimeters | p. 136 |
Scorch Time Measure | p. 136 |
Mechanical Properties of Vulcanized Rubbers | p. 138 |
Tests Run under Static Conditions | p. 138 |
Hardness of Rubber | p. 138 |
Tensile Stress/Strain | p. 139 |
Compression Stress/Strain | p. 140 |
Shear Stress/Strain | p. 142 |
Tear Tests | p. 142 |
Dynamic Stress and Strain Properties | p. 143 |
Dynamic Compression Property of Vulcanized Rubber | p. 144 |
Conclusions on the Mechanical Properties of Rubbers | p. 145 |
Conclusions Concerned with Unvulcanized Rubber | p. 145 |
Conclusions Concerned with Vulcanized Rubber | p. 146 |
References | p. 146 |
Resistance of Rubber to Liquids | p. 149 |
Effect of Liquids on Rubber and Its Measures | p. 149 |
Measurement of the Swelling | p. 149 |
Standard Tests | p. 150 |
Liquid Transport by Diffusion | p. 150 |
Principle of Diffusion | p. 150 |
Differential Equations of Diffusion | p. 151 |
Case of a One-Dimensional Diffusion through a Thin Sheet | p. 151 |
Radial Diffusion through the Plane Section of a Cylinder or a Sphere | p. 152 |
Initial and Boundary Conditions | p. 152 |
General Solution of the Equations of Diffusion in Sheets | p. 153 |
Solution of Diffusion in Sheets with Infinite Coefficient of Convection | p. 154 |
Case of Rubber Sheets in Contact with a Liquid | p. 155 |
Determination of the Parameters of Diffusion | p. 155 |
Equation of Radial Diffusion with Change in Dimension of the Sphere | p. 156 |
General Equation of One-Dimension Diffusion | p. 158 |
Diffusion of the Curing Agent during the Cure | p. 158 |
Examples of Diffusion of Liquids in Rubbers | p. 160 |
Diffusion of Liquids through a Sheet with Change in Dimensions | p. 160 |
Experimental Procedures | p. 160 |
Results and Conclusions | p. 161 |
Diffusion of Liquids in EPDM Sheets with Different Percentages of Peroxide | p. 162 |
Experimental | p. 162 |
Results on Kinetics of Absorption and Discussion | p. 162 |
Anisotropic Swelling of EPDM Rubber Discs | p. 164 |
Drying of Rubbers Containing a Liquid | p. 167 |
Operational Conditions | p. 168 |
Experimental Results and Discussion | p. 168 |
Permeability of Rubbers to Vapors and Gases | p. 170 |
Principle of the Transfers | p. 170 |
Theoreticals of the Process | p. 170 |
Measurements of the Permeability of Gases | p. 171 |
Constant Volume Method | p. 171 |
Constant Pressure Method | p. 172 |
Carrier Gas Method | p. 172 |
Measurements of the Permeability of Vapors | p. 172 |
Conclusions on Rubber Resistance to Liquids | p. 172 |
References | p. 173 |
Methods of Recycling Waste Tire Rubber | p. 177 |
General Consideration | p. 177 |
Scrap Tire Disposal in Previous Studies before 1974 | p. 177 |
Problems Set Down by Scrap Tire Disposal in 1974 | p. 177 |
Physical Applications | p. 178 |
Fuel Value and Incineration | p. 180 |
Chemical Applications | p. 180 |
Reclaiming | p. 180 |
Pyrolysis | p. 181 |
Carbon Black Manufacture | p. 181 |
Biodegradation | p. 181 |
Reclaiming Processes in Progress | p. 182 |
Artificial Reefs and Highway Abutments | p. 182 |
Asphalt Component and Road Base | p. 182 |
Cure of Scrap Rubber Powder with Addition of New Rubber | p. 183 |
Cure of Scrap Rubber Powder without Addition of New Rubber | p. 185 |
Vibration Isolation Rubber Sheets | p. 185 |
Rubber Sheets Absorbing Impact Noises in Houses | p. 188 |
Concrete Component | p. 189 |
Pryolysis of Scrap Rubber | p. 189 |
Distribution of Scrap Rubber into Polymers | p. 191 |
Tentative Conclusions on Tire Rubber Recycling | p. 191 |
References | p. 192 |
Rubber: Cure and Properties | p. 197 |
Conclusions | p. 197 |
Evaluation of the State of Cure and Kinetics of Cure | p. 199 |
Appendix | p. 203 |
Suggested Reading | p. 205 |
Index | p. 207 |
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