Tensile Strength - Compounding Tips

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How to improve Tensile strength in Natural rubber ?


In Natural rubber based compounds avoid using peptizer such as  dibenzamido-diphenyl disulfide or pentachlorothiophenol (PCTP)  because it may reduce the ultimate tensile strength of the compound.

EPDM:


1.Use semicrystalline EPDM grades (with higher ethylene content) to impart
higher ultimate tensile strength.

2.Increasing the molecular weight of EPDM can result in an improved ultimate
tensile strength

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