Rubber Compounding

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• Introduction to compounding; elastomers - natural rubber; elastomers - styrene-butadiene rubber; elastomers - polybutadiene and chloroprene rubber; elastomers - butyl and ethylene propylene rubbers; elastomers - nitrile polysulfide and recycled rubbers; vulcanizing agents; accelerators; activators and retarders; reinforcers - carbon black; nonblack fillers; processing aids; plasticizers and softeners; age resisters; miscellaneous ingredients; compound development - part 1; compound development - part 2; thermoplastic elastomers; testing and specifications; waste reduction and disposal. Appendices: unit volume and density; standard abbreviations; weights, measures, and conversion factors; density and unit volume of compounding materials; principal physical properties of rubber and their coefficients of change.