TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rajan R
AU  - Fancy M.A
AU  - George K.E
AU  - Madhusoodanan K.N
AU  - Varghese S
TI  - Kinetic analysis of peroxide cured natural rubber/layered silicate nanocomposites using thermogravimetry
PY  - 2018///
PB  - Rubber Science
KW  - Activation energy
KW  - Kinetic analysis
KW  - Liu abd Fan method
KW  - Thermal degradation
KW  - Thermogravimetric analysis
N2  - The thermal stability and kinetics of thermal degradation of natural rubber/layered silicate nanocomposites were studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The nanoclays selected were cloisite Na+, cloisite 10A, cloisite 15A and cloisite 93A. Gum and commercial clay (English Indian clay) were used as reference materials. Dicumyl peroxide (40;active) was used as the crosslinking agent. The activation energy for the degradation of NR/layered silicate nanocomposites was determined by applying Liu and Fan method. Results showed that the thermal degradation is a first order reaction and organically modified clays exhibited the highest thermal stability
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