Rani, Joseph(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., February 16, 1999)
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Abstract:
Microcellular (MC) soles based on polybutadiene (BR) and low-density
polyethylene (LDPE) blends for low-temperature applications were developed. A part of
BR in BR-LDPE blend was replaced by natural rubber (NR) for property improvement.
The BR-NR-LDPE blend-based MC sole shows good technical properties. Sulphur
curing and DCP curing were tried in BR-LDPE and NR-BR-LDPE blends. Study
shows that sulphur-cured MC sheets possess better technical properties than DCPcured
MC sheets. 90/10 BR-LDPE and 60/30/10 BR-NR-LDPE blend combinations are
found to be suitable for low-temperature applications.