The Utilization of Waste Latex Products in Styrene-Butadiene Rubber

Waste latex products are converted to a processabto material by a novel economical process developed in our laboratory , It contains rubber hydrocarbon of very high quality and Is lightly cross -linked. Styrene-butadlene rubber is mixed with latex reclaim In different proportions . The mechanical properties are found to be improved up to 60 percent replacement of styrene-butadlene rubber by latex reclaim . The curing of styrene-butadiene rubber Is found to be accelerated by the addition of latex reclaim. The processablllty study shows that the blends can be processed similar to SBRINR blends.

Rheological Properties of Short Polyester Fiber-Polyurethane Elastomer Composite with Different Interfacial Bonding Agents

The rheological behavior of a short-polyester-fiber-filled polyurethane elastomer composite containing different bonding agents has been studied in the temperature range 120-160°C and in the shear rate range 63-608 s-'. The composite with and without bonding agents showed a pseudoplastic behavior which decreased with the increase of temperature. Composites containing bonding agents based on polypropyleneglycol and 4,4'-diphenylmethanediisocyanate showed the lowest viscosity values at a particular shear rate, whereas composites containing a glycerol- (GL) based bonding agent showed the highest viscosity. The viscosity of the composite decreased sharply after a particular temperature (140°C) and the fall was less drastic in the composite containing a GL-based bonding agent.