SRM102, a New Safe Accelerator for Curing PolychloropreneAbstract This paper discusses the process of designing SRM102, a new safe and effective accelerator for polychloroprene rubber (CR). To assist in the design of SRM102, the mechanism by which ethylene thiourea (ETU)...

A Study of Low Temperature Rubber Curing Accelerators Abstract Current production processes in the rubber industry lean towards greater productivity and faster throughput times using shorter cure cycles at higher curing temperature. This process is however energy...

Reversible Addition–fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization of 2-Chloro-1,3-butadiene Abstract Controlled polymerization of 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene using reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization has been demonstrated for...

Physico-Chemical Behaviour of Safer Accelerators in Deproteinized Natural Rubber Latex Abstract Natural rubber latex is commonly used in a wide range of industrial applications due to its excellent elastomeric, mechanical and barrier properties. However, two major...

Influence of Accelerators on the Structure, Properties and Processing of Synthetic Polyisoprene Latex Abstract Synthetic polyisoprene polymer is made up of the same monomer unit 'isoprene' as in natural rubber. This material has been developed to provide the...

Novel Sustainable Accelerator Systems for Natural and Synthetic Polyisoprene Latex without added Zinc oxide Abstract Both natural and synthetic latex based products vulcanised with conventional accelerators exhibit Type IV allergic reaction. Conventional sulphur...