Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14030546
Keywords
ground tire rubber; extrusion; modification; rubber recycling; physico-mechanical properties; volatile organic compounds
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- National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR, Poland) [LIDER/6/0035/L-8/16/NCBR/2017]
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In this research, low-temperature extrusion was used to modify ground tire rubber for better mechanical properties. The emission profile of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was investigated, revealing that dicumyl peroxide decomposition by-products were the most emitted compounds. The detection level of the devulcanization marker benzothiazole was low.
In this paper, low-temperature extrusion of ground tire rubber was performed as a pro-ecological waste tires recycling method. During this process, ground tire rubber was modified with constant content of dicumyl peroxide and a variable amount of elastomer (in the range: 2.5-15 phr). During the studies, three types of elastomers were used: styrene-butadiene rubber, styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene grafted with maleic anhydride and ethylene-octene copolymer. Energy consumption measurements, curing characteristics, physico-mechanical properties and volatile organic compounds emitted from modified reclaimed GTR were determined. The VOCs emission profile was investigated using a passive sampling technique, miniature emission chambers system and static headspace analysis and subsequently quantitative or qualitative analysis by gas chromatography. The VOCs analysis showed that in the studied conditions the most emitted volatile compounds are dicumyl peroxide decomposition by-products, such as: alpha-methylstyrene, acetophenone, alpha-cumyl alcohol, methyl cumyl ether, while the detection level of benzothiazole (devulcanization marker) was very low. Moreover, it was found that the mechanical properties of the obtained materials significantly improved with a higher content of styrene-butadiene rubber and styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene grafted with maleic anhydride while the opposite trend was observed for ethylene-octene copolymer content.
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