The telechelic liquid polybutadiene rubber with hydroxyl group HT-PB is generally crosslinked with diisocyanates and is reinforced with such fillers as carbon black and white carbon which usually contain the water which is liable to react with diisocyanates.The effects of the water adsorbed on these fillers on the physical properties of vulcanized HT-PB compounds were studied.
The tensile properties of the pure gum vulcanizate and carbon black filled vulcanizate were largely changed by the water content within the scope of0.1%.Beyond0.1%these properties attained nearly constant values.On the other hand, the tensile properties of white carbon filled vulcanizate were largely unchanged by the presence of a little amount of water, although the properties were largely changed by much water.The hardness and modulus indicated the same tendency as the tensile properties.
The tensile properties of these vulcanizates varied with the ratio, r(=[NCO]/([OH] HT-Pb+ [H
2O])). The best tensile properties of the pure gum vulcanizate or the carbon black filled vulcanizate were obtain-able at ranging from 1.0 to 1.3, and those of the white carbon filled vulcanizate were at r0.8.The reac-tion of the isocyanate with water in the white carbon filled stock seems to be slower than that in the carbor black filled stock.
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