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Preparation and properties evaluation of nitrile rubber nanocomposites reinforced with organo-clay, CaCO3, and SiO2 nanofillers

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Acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR)-based nanocomposites reinforced with organo-clay, calcium carbonate, and silica as nanofillers with different contents ranging from 1 to 10 phr (part per hundred parts of rubber) were prepared and characterized. Surface modification was done on the clay nanoparticles to intensify the formation of chemical bond between nanofiller and NBR matrix. A novel procedure and formula were implemented to fabricate considered composites and nanocomposites. Variety of tests and analyzes were done on all nanofillers and fabricated nanocomposites and accordingly, curing conditions, mechanical and chemical properties of the resulting NBR nanocomposites intercalated with nanofillers were further improved and optimized. The nanocomposite containing 10 phr of nanoorgano-clay were found to be the best choice among other synthesized nanocomposites in the case of improved curing conditions, mechanical, and chemical properties.

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Authors are grateful to the Fars Science & Technology Park for preparing equipped laboratories for conducting tests in the manuscript and extend their appreciations to MS Fatemeh Sadeghzadeh.

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  1. Nano Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Advanced Technologies, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

    Mehran Sadeghalvaad

  2. Department of Gas Engineering, Ahwaz Faculty of Petroleum, Petroleum University of Technology, Ahwaz, Iran

    Erfan Dabiri

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

    Sara Zahmatkesh

  4. Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

    Pooneh Afsharimoghadam

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Sadeghalvaad, M., Dabiri, E., Zahmatkesh, S. et al. Preparation and properties evaluation of nitrile rubber nanocomposites reinforced with organo-clay, CaCO3, and SiO2 nanofillers. Polym. Bull. 76, 3819–3839 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-018-2583-8

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