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Fully Green Elastomer Composites

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In this chapter we will discuss the preparation of fully green elastomer composites. First we will define the term green and when we can classify a material as a green. Then we will discuss the alternatives for the replacement of major components of composite materials, viz. filler and matrix, which are usually derived from non-renewable and synthetic materials, with materials from renewable sources. Finally we will describe some work in which fully green elastomer composites were studied.

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Pasquini, D. (2013). Fully Green Elastomer Composites. In: Visakh, P., Thomas, S., Chandra, A., Mathew, A. (eds) Advances in Elastomers II. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20928-4_5

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