Investigation of Palm Oil as Green Plasticizer on the Processing and Mechanical Properties of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Rubber
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- 作者：Zhao Wang ; Yunhu Peng ; Liqun Zhang ; Yong Zhao ; Roman Vyzhimov ; Tianwei Tan ; Hao Fong
- 刊名：Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 16, 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：55
- 期：10
- 页码：2784-2789
- 全文大小：400K
- ISSN：1520-5045
文摘
The objective of this study was to explore palm oil (PMO) as a green/renewable plasticizer for ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber; for comparison, the commonly used plasticizer of petroleum-based paraffin oil (PO) was also investigated. The plasticization effects of PMO and PO on EPDM rubber compounds were systematically studied; in specific, the Mooney viscosity, processing properties, and cross-linking characteristics of EPDM rubber compounds with different loading amounts of plasticizer (i.e., PMO or PO) were characterized, and the mechanical properties and thermal stability of cross-linked EPDM rubber compounds were also evaluated. The results indicated that the performance/effect of PMO on processing and mechanical properties of EPDM rubber was similar/comparable to that of PO, whereas PMO is renewable with lower cost. Therefore, PMO would be a cost-effective green plasticizer that could replace PO for EPDM rubber.