Facile Approach to Epoxidize Elastomers & Its Silica Composite for Green Tyre Application

Volume: 11 | Issue: 01 | Year 2025 | Subscription
International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices
Received Date: 01/06/2025
Acceptance Date: 01/30/2025
Published On: 2025-02-11
First Page: 14
Last Page: 27

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By: Parashiva Prabhu, Subhra Mohanty, and Virendra Kumar Gupta

1Parashiva Prabhu, 2Subhra Mohanty, 3Virendra Kumar Gupta*
1Senior Research Scientists, Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis Group, Reliance Research & Development Centre, Reliance Industries Ltd., Navi Mumbai, India
2Assistant Vice President, Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis Group, Reliance Research & Development Centre, Reliance Industries Ltd., Navi Mumbai, India
*3Senior Vice President, Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis Group, Reliance Research & Development Centre, Reliance Industries Ltd., Navi Mumbai, India

Abstract

Rubber epoxidation is usually carried out to serve dual purpose, to introduce the functionality, and to enhance the polymer – filler interaction. In general, epoxidation of elastomers having unsaturation in backbone adopt conventional refluxing and batch process which makes the synthesis complex as well as time consuming. In view of this, a novel process of epoxidation through sonication technique is identified as simple and efficient process. Synthetic rubbers containing unsaturation in backbone viz., polybutadiene, styrene butadiene and butyl rubbers were epoxidized using sonication and found to be highly efficient compared to conventional process. Effect of peroxide content and sonication time on the extent of epoxidation studied in detail. Further silica composites were prepared with epoxidized rubber and evaluated for green tire application.

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How to cite this article: Parashiva Prabhu, Subhra Mohanty, and Virendra Kumar Gupta, Facile Approach to Epoxidize Elastomers & Its Silica Composite for Green Tyre Application. International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices. 2025; 11(01): 14-27p.

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