Effect of naturally occurring crosslinking junctions on green strength of natural rubber
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- 作者：Nghiem Thi Thuong ; Oraphin Yamamoto ; Phan Trung Nghia ; Katrina Cornish and Seiichi Kawahara
- 刊名：Polymers for Advanced Technologies
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：March 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：28
- 期：3
- 页码：303-311
- 全文大小：281K
- ISSN：1099-1581
文摘
The effect of the naturally occurring crosslinking junctions on green strength of natural rubber, isolated from Hevea brasiliensis, was investigated by using rubber extracted from Parthenium argentatum Gray (Guayule) as a model. Guayule rubber and natural rubber were characterized through nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography. The non-rubber components of Guayule rubber and natural rubber were characterized by Kjeldahl method and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. It was found that Guayule rubber contains a much higher amount of fatty acids and their esters while it contains no proteins. The gel content, determined by swelling method, was related to a number of naturally occurring crosslinking junctions of Guayule rubber and natural rubber. The outstanding green strength of natural rubber was attributed to the effect of naturally occurring crosslinking junctions, when stress–strain curve and tensile properties of unvulcanized Guayule rubber were compared with those of unvulcanized natural rubber. Copyright