期刊
POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
卷 61, 期 3, 页码 767-779出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pen.25615
关键词
elastomers; foams; recycling; rubber
资金
- Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto [2019.0213]
Mixing devulcanized and non-devulcanized recycled rubber with virgin EPDM, followed by expansion using azodicarbonamide, significantly improves the thermomechanical properties of the materials. The presence of devulcanized rubber enhances the encapsulation and interfacial adhesion within the EPDM matrix. Utilizing expanded EPDM with considerable amounts of devulcanized rubber proves to be a practical way to reduce costs and enhance the properties and sustainability of rubber products.
Various amounts of both devulcanized (DR) and non-devulcanized (NDR) recycled rubber were melt compounded with a virgin ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber. The resulting compounds were then expanded by using azodicarbonamide. The role played by the presence of DR or NDR on the thermomechanical properties of the obtained materials was evaluated. Electron scanning microscope micrographs highlighted that DR particles were better encapsulated within the EPDM matrix with respect to the corresponding NDR ones. Moreover, a better interfacial adhesion was observed with DR, probably due the re-vulcanization process in which the free crosslinking sites that typically characterize DR could form linkages with the EPDM matrix. Tensile impact behavior of expanded EPDM/recycled rubber blends highlighted a strong improvement of the normalized total absorbed energy, of the normalized impact strength and of the elongation at break with respect to the neat expanded EPDM for all the investigated compositions, and especially with a DR content of 20 wt%. The preparation of expanded EPDM containing considerable amounts of devulcanized rubber was, therefore, demonstrated to be a practical route to reduce the costs and improve the properties and the environmental sustainability of rubber products.
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