2-R-4, 6-dimercapto-
s-triazine
bis-sulfenamide (I) has been found to give a polyepichlorohydrin (CHR) vulcanizate by forming 2-R4, 6-dimercapto-
s-triazaine (II) at 160°C in the presence of sulfur on CHR. The formation of II is attained by reduction of I with H
2S as well as by radical scission of polysulfide from I with sulfur. The vulcanization is highly accelerated by I containing a strong basic substituent R : N (C
4H
9)
2, N (C
2H
5)
2, N (C
6H
11)
2 and a fairly long scorch time appropriate for practical use is observed on the CHR vulcanization in use of I cotaining a primary amine component such as NHC
6H
11. The thermal ageing stability of the CHR vulcanizates of I at 160°C is little inferior to that using II directly. The vulcanization mechanism is discussed on the CHR vulcanizing system containing magnesia, sulfur and I.
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