The reinforcing effects of three types of silicas and five types of calcium carbonates on polyurethane elastomers based on hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HT-PB) were investigated.
The physical properties (tensile strength, modulus, tear resistance, hardness and elongation) of the HTPB elastomers vulcanized with three types of diisocyanates were increased by compounding these silicas and calcium carbonates, and the increments were remarkable in these silicas.In the case of curing with 4, 4-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, the changes in the physical properties, especially tensile strength, of the elastomers differed according to the types of these fillers, and the physical properties of the silica-filled elastomers were comparable to those of carbon black-filled elastomers.
Electron-microscopic photographs showed a good dispersion of these non-black fillers in HT-PB vulcanizates.
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