TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacob M K
AU  - Madhusoodhanan K N
AU  - Varkey J K
TI  - Latex serum coated silica filled natural rubber composites
PY  - 2016///
PB  - Rubber Science
KW  - Latex
KW  - Natural rubber
KW  - Payne effect
KW  - Processability
KW  - Silica
N2  - In this study, an attempt was made to reduce the incompatibility between silica and natural rubber by coating the silica particles with the non-rubber constituents present in natural rubber latex serum. The presence of various non rubber constituents like proteins, carbohydrates and lipids on silica surface were confirmed from TGA, UV nad FTIR spectroscopy. RPA studies showed improved processability and cure characteristics for composite prepared from coated silica compared to the unmodified silica. The Payne effect studies of uncures compound showed that the filler-filler interaction (
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