Curing characteristics and tensile properties of white fly ash filled natural rubber compounds

• Published in: Applied Mechanics and Materials
• Main Author: Mokhtar H.; Nordin R.; Shamsudin S.; Noriman N.Z.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications Ltd 2014
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84914147179&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMM.625.753&partnerID=40&md5=69d4ade0501b6929d7c0e02cf1a7cf76

The effect of white fly ash (WFA) on cure characteristics and tensile properties of natural rubber compounds were investigated in the range of 0 to 30 phr. The size of WFA that is used in this study was 45-75 μm. Based on the result, it is found that the scorch time and cure time decreased with increasing of WFA loading. The tensile strength gradually increased to the maximum at 5 phr WFA. The further increase of WFA loading led to the decrease in tensile strength. Tensile properties such as M100 (stress at 100 % elongation) was gradually increased with the increasing of WFA loading, meanwhile, the elongation break showed a decreasing trend. © 2014 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.