Effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / Kok-Tee Lau...[et al.]

Chloroprene-filled CNT rubber has been investigated for the electromagnetic shielding application. Nevertheless, there are continuous studies to overcome CNTs agglomeration, materials loss and air contamination issues generated during conventional melt compounding process. Thus, the current study...

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Main Authors: Kok, Tee Lau, Abd Razak, Jeefferie, Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy, Muhamad, Noraiham, Hashim, Mohamad Hanif, Mohd Saad, Nurzallia
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Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36566/
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author Kok, Tee Lau
Abd Razak, Jeefferie
Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy
Muhamad, Noraiham
Hashim, Mohamad Hanif
Mohd Saad, Nurzallia
author_facet Kok, Tee Lau
Abd Razak, Jeefferie
Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy
Muhamad, Noraiham
Hashim, Mohamad Hanif
Mohd Saad, Nurzallia
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description Chloroprene-filled CNT rubber has been investigated for the electromagnetic shielding application. Nevertheless, there are continuous studies to overcome CNTs agglomeration, materials loss and air contamination issues generated during conventional melt compounding process. Thus, the current study proposes the usage of polar and low molecular weight ethanol solvent as dispersant for CNT fillers and silane-based Si-69 as coupling agent. Si-69 is a widely used fillers’ coupling agent because of its reliable performance in the industrial-scaled rubber compounding process. This study is to investigate the effect of carbon nanotube (CNT)-Silane addition as secondary fillers on tensile strength, elastic modulus and cure characteristics of hloroprene rubber (CR)- filled carbon black (CB) compound. The CR-filled CB was prepared by internal mixing, followed by roll-mill process in which CNT-Silane dispersion was added. For comparison, the samples of CR-filled CB without CNTs addition and with as-received CNTs addition were prepared and characterized. The CR composite added with CNT-Silane dispersion displayed tensile strength and elastic modulus (at 300% elongation) of 23 MPa and 18 MPa respectively, which are 4% higher than the CR composite added with asreceived CNTs. The findings were supported by the FESEM micrograph of tensile fracture samples that showed the CNT-Silane addition produced better CNTs dispersion in the CR-filled CB compound. Furthermore, the usage of CNT-Silane improved the CR-filled CB compound processibility by reducing the minimum (ML) and maximum torque (MH) values from 0.34 and 1.11 N.m in as-received CNT samples to 0.32 and 1.04 N.m respectively in CNT-silane samples.
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spelling uitm-365662020-11-12T01:15:06Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36566/ Effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / Kok-Tee Lau...[et al.] jmeche Kok, Tee Lau Abd Razak, Jeefferie Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy Muhamad, Noraiham Hashim, Mohamad Hanif Mohd Saad, Nurzallia TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Chloroprene-filled CNT rubber has been investigated for the electromagnetic shielding application. Nevertheless, there are continuous studies to overcome CNTs agglomeration, materials loss and air contamination issues generated during conventional melt compounding process. Thus, the current study proposes the usage of polar and low molecular weight ethanol solvent as dispersant for CNT fillers and silane-based Si-69 as coupling agent. Si-69 is a widely used fillers’ coupling agent because of its reliable performance in the industrial-scaled rubber compounding process. This study is to investigate the effect of carbon nanotube (CNT)-Silane addition as secondary fillers on tensile strength, elastic modulus and cure characteristics of hloroprene rubber (CR)- filled carbon black (CB) compound. The CR-filled CB was prepared by internal mixing, followed by roll-mill process in which CNT-Silane dispersion was added. For comparison, the samples of CR-filled CB without CNTs addition and with as-received CNTs addition were prepared and characterized. The CR composite added with CNT-Silane dispersion displayed tensile strength and elastic modulus (at 300% elongation) of 23 MPa and 18 MPa respectively, which are 4% higher than the CR composite added with asreceived CNTs. The findings were supported by the FESEM micrograph of tensile fracture samples that showed the CNT-Silane addition produced better CNTs dispersion in the CR-filled CB compound. Furthermore, the usage of CNT-Silane improved the CR-filled CB compound processibility by reducing the minimum (ML) and maximum torque (MH) values from 0.34 and 1.11 N.m in as-received CNT samples to 0.32 and 1.04 N.m respectively in CNT-silane samples. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36566/1/36566.pdf Kok, Tee Lau and Abd Razak, Jeefferie and Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy and Muhamad, Noraiham and Hashim, Mohamad Hanif and Mohd Saad, Nurzallia (2020) Effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / Kok-Tee Lau...[et al.]. (2020) Journal of Mechanical Engineering (JMechE) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Mechanical_Engineering_=28JMechE=29.html>, 17 (2). pp. 157-167. ISSN 1823-5514 ; 2550-164X https://jmeche.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Kok, Tee Lau
Abd Razak, Jeefferie
Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy
Muhamad, Noraiham
Hashim, Mohamad Hanif
Mohd Saad, Nurzallia
Effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / Kok-Tee Lau...[et al.]
title Effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / Kok-Tee Lau...[et al.]
title_full Effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / Kok-Tee Lau...[et al.]
title_fullStr Effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / Kok-Tee Lau...[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / Kok-Tee Lau...[et al.]
title_short Effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / Kok-Tee Lau...[et al.]
title_sort effect of carbon nanotube-silane addition on mechanical properties of chloroprene rubber-filled carbon black / kok-tee lau...[et al.]
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36566/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36566/