TY - BOOK AU - Ismail H AU - Salmiah I TI - Palm oil fatty acid as an activator in carbon black filled natural rubber compounds : Effect of epoxidation PY - 1999/// PB - International Journal of Polymeric Materials KW - Carbon black KW - Epoxidation KW - Palm oil fatty acid KW - Rubber compounds N1 - Source Year: 2000 N2 - An investigation into the effects of palm oil fatty acid on cure behaviour and mechanical properties using epoxidised natural rubber(ENR25 and ENR50) and unmodified natural rubber over a range of 0 to 7.0 phr addition. The palm oil fatty acid addition increased both scorch and cure times for all rubbers. The shortest scorch and cure times were for ENR 50, followed by ENR 25 and the unmodified natural rubber UR - RAPRA ER -