TITLE:
A Comparative Study of the Phase Distribution in Carbon-Silica Hybrid Fillers for Rubber Obtained by Different Methods
AUTHORS:
Omar A. Al-Hartomy, Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi, Said A. Farha Al-Said, Nikolay Dishovsky, Michael B. Ward, Petrunka Malinova, Mihail Mihaylov
KEYWORDS:
Carbon Silica Hybrid Fillers, Pyrolisis, Impregnation, Filler Characterization, STEM-EDX Method
JOURNAL NAME:
Materials Sciences and Applications,
Vol.5 No.10,
August
21,
2014
ABSTRACT: Different types of
carbon-silica fillers were prepared via pyrolysis-cum-water vapor of waste
green tires tread and impregnation method. Dual phase fillers have been
characterized by energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy in a scanning
transmission electron microscope (STEM) or STEM-EDX. Phase distribution in
hybrid fillers for rubber was investigated. The results achieved show that the
conditions of obtaining influence the distribution and the location of the
phases in the carbon-silica hybrid fillers as well as their most essential
characteristics including specific area, oil absorption number, iodine
adsorption number, ash content and others.