P10 Preparation of Liquid Rubber/Clay Composites Using Solvent Mixing and Their Application As Master Batch In SBR/Clay Nanocomposites

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Show Floor (The I-X Center)
Rui Jian, Ming Wei, Liang Fang, Nuthathai Warasitthinon, Jia Shen, Carol F. Barry and Joey L. Mead, Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
Liquid rubber/clay composites were prepared using solvent mixing and used as the master batch in preparation of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)/clay nanocomposites.  The addition of liquid rubber on mechanical properties of SBR/clay nanocomposites and clay disperstion was studied.  Allylamine was used as the compatibilizer to further improve the dispersion of the filler and the reinforcement of the rubber.