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Natural rubber and styrene butadiene rubber (NR/SBR) reinforced with both short nylon fibers and nanoclay (Cloisite 15A) nanocomposites were prepared in an internal and a two roll-mill mixer by a three-step mixing process. The effects of fiber loading and different loading of nanoclay (1, 3 and 5 wt. %) were studied on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the nanocomposites. The adhesion between the fiber and the matrix was improved by the addition of a dry bonding system consisting of resorcinol, hexamethylene tetramine and hydrated silica (HRH). This silicate clay layers was used in place of hydrated silica in a HRH bonding system for SBR/NR-short nylon fiber composite. Nanoclay was also used as a reinforcing filler in the matrix-short fiber hybrid composite. The cure and scorch times of the composites decreased while cure rate increased when the short fiber and nanoclay were added. The mechanical properties of the composites showed improvement in both longitudinal and transverse directions with increasing short fiber and nanoclay content. The structure of the nanocomposites was characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM). X-ray diffraction results of nanocomposites indicated that the interlayer distance of silicate layers increased. The mechanical properties of nanocomposites (tensile, hardness and tear strength) are examined and the outcome of these results is discussed in this paper.
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Andideh, M., Naderi, G., Ghoreishy, M.H.R. et al. Effects of nanoclay and short nylon fiber on morphology and mechanical properties of nanocomposites based on NR/SBR. Fibers Polym 15, 814–822 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-014-0814-7
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