Hydroxyl terminated liquid polybutadiene (HT-PB) was compounded with various organic fillers i. e., Nylon 11, Polyvinyl butylacetal, Polyacryl amide, Polvinyl alcohol, Polyester resin, Polyvinyl chloride copolymer, Polyphenylene sulfide, Microcrystalline cellulose, Rice starch, Chlorinated polypropylene, Polytrifluoro ethylene, Polymethyl methacrylate, Polystylene, and Polyacrylonitrile and cured with 4, 4-diisocyanate-diphenyl methane. The viscosity of the compound and the tensile strength of the vulcanizate remarkably depended on the average particle size of the fillers used. Below 1μ in the particle size, the viscosities of the compounds increased to show good storage stabilities and the tensile strength indicated high values. The viscosity and the tensile strength increased with a decreasing particle size, some discussions being made on the tensile strength in connection with the viscosity of compound. Polymethyl methacrylate-2-hydroxy ethyl methacrylate (PMMA-2HEMA) obtained by emulsion polymerization was studied for its reinforcing effect on HT-PB. The tensile strength of the vulcanizate composed of PMMA-2HEMA copolymer showed such a reinforcing effect as that of active inorganic fillers.
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