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Morphology dependence of crystallization of natural rubber in blends
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Document Title
Morphology dependence of crystallization of natural rubber in blends
Author
Kawazura T, Chaikumpollert O, Kawahara S
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Affiliations
Nagaoka University of Technology; National Science & Technology Development Agency - Thailand; National Metal & Materials Technology Center (MTEC)
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Article
Source Title
CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
ISSN
0256-7679
Year
2013
Volume
31
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hybrid
Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI
10.1007/s10118-013-1314-8
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Abstract
Crystallization of natural rubber (NR) was investigated in different morphology for NR/styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) blend and NR/polystyrene-(b)-polyisoprene (SI)/polystyrene (PS) blend. A purified NR (PC-TE) was prepared from pale crape via transesterification. In the blends, PC-TE formed various morphologies; that is, matrix phase, island phase and continuous phase with a nano-scale, respectively, in dependence upon the ratio of the rubbers. The crystallization rate of the blends was also significantly associated with the morphology of the rubbers.
Funding Sponsor
Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
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