Mechanical behavior analysis of sintered products of natural rubber crumb rubber (NRCR) using adhesives
- Resource Type
- Authors
- J.E. Crespo; F. Parres; A. Nadal
- Source
- Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik. 40:211-217
- Subject
- Materials science
Mechanical Engineering
technology, industry, and agriculture
Condensed Matter Physics
law.invention
Neoprene
Natural rubber
Mechanics of Materials
law
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
General Materials Science
Crumb rubber
Adhesive
Compression pressure
Composite material
- Language
- ISSN
- 1521-4052
0933-5137
In this work, we began by carrying out an analysis of the mechanical behaviour of sintered Natural Rubber Crumb Rubber (NRCR) optimising the temperature and compression pressure. The results obtained show an improvement in the mechanical properties of the material when the temperature and compression pressure are increased. We then mixed particles of NRCR with different percentages of adhesives with the aim of improving the mechanical performance of the sintered material. The adhesives used in this study were Latex and Polychloroprene, obtaining the best performance for the mixtures with Polychloroprene with a weight percentage of 50 %. The study was completed by an image analysis of the mixtures using a scanning electronic microscope (SEM) in order to observe the NRCR – adhesive reaction.