Volume 37, Issue 6 pp. 1449-1464
Article
Full Access

Effects of silane coupling agents on mica-filled styrene-butadiene rubber

Shankar Debnath

Shankar Debnath

Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India

Search for more papers by this author
Sadhan K. De

Sadhan K. De

Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India

Search for more papers by this author
Dipak Khastgir

Dipak Khastgir

Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India

Search for more papers by this author
First published: 20 February 1989
Citations: 26

Abstract

The effects of silane coupling agents on styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)-mica composites have been studied with special reference to the technical properties and polymer-filler interaction. Silane-treated mica improves polymer-filler interaction, which subsequently enhances the tensile and other technically important mechanical properties. Failure surfaces of tensile, tear, and wear specimens have been examined under scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the fractographs have been correlated with the strength and failure mode of the composites.

The full text of this article hosted at iucr.org is unavailable due to technical difficulties.