UTILIZATION OF NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND POWDER IN RUBBER COMPOUNDS AS A NOVEL REINFORCING MATERIAL | ||||
The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||||
Article 5, Volume 13, 13th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., May 2008, Page 1-7 PDF (154.42 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/amme.2008.38948 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
POLAT S.1; KARAGOEZ S.2 | ||||
1Assist. Prof . Dr, Dpt. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Kocaeli University, Turkey. | ||||
2Prof. Dr.,Dpt. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Kocaeli University, Turkey. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
ABSTRACT Nano scaled materials have improved mechanical properties compared to the conventional ones due to their extremely large surface areas. Nano silicon carbide, nano zinc oxide, nano clays, nano starch and nano alumina can be named among many others. The nanocrystalline diamond powder used in this study as rubber reinforcing material has been synthesized by explosive detonation, a method that gained importance since the mid 1980s. Free carbon atoms are released when an explosive deficient in oxygen, usually a TNT/RDX (trinitrotoluene/hexogene) mixture, is detonated in a preservative material. Nano-sized diamond crystallites are formed by coagulation and rearrangement of these carbon atoms under the high temperature and high pressure condition produced by the detonation reaction. Diamond powder synthesized by explosive detonation has a particle size in the range 1-15 nm. It is well known that particle size of a filler must be lower than 100 nm in order to have a reinforcing effect in rubber compounds. Thus, nanocrystalline diamond powder has a great potential, as a rubber reinforcing material, provided that it is well dispersed and can be attached to the polymer molecules. In the present study diamond powder is added to a rubber formulation used on tank pallets at varying phr (parts per hundred parts of rubber, by weight) values. The change in physical and mechanical properties of the compound has been investigated and considerable improvement is observed in abrasion resistance even at low phr levels. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Nanotechnology; Nanocomposite; Nanocrystalline diamond; Ultrafine dispersed diamond (UDD); Synthesis by explosive detonation; Rubber compound; Reinforcing material; Abrasion Resistance | ||||
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