Green tire technology: Effect of rice husk derived nanocellulose (RHNC) in replacing carbon black (CB) in natural rubber (NR) compounding

Midhun Dominic; Rani Joseph; P M Sabura Begum; Bipinbal Parambath Kanoth; Julie Chandra; Sanmariya Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115620

Green tire technology: Effect of rice husk derived nanocellulose (RHNC) in replacing carbon black (CB) in natural rubber (NR) compounding

Carbohydr Polym. 2020 Feb 15:230:115620. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115620. Epub 2019 Nov 13.

Authors

Midhun Dominic¹, Rani Joseph², P M Sabura Begum³, Bipinbal Parambath Kanoth², Julie Chandra⁴, Sanmariya Thomas⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Kochi, Kerala, 682013, India; Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala, 682022, India. Electronic address: midhundominic@shcollege.ac.in.
² Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala, 682022, India.
³ Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala, 682022, India.
⁴ Maharaja's college, Ernakulam, Kerala, 682011, India.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Kochi, Kerala, 682013, India.

PMID: 31887961
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115620

Abstract

The effect of replacing carbon black (CB) by rice husk derived type-I nanocellulose (RHNC) in natural rubber vulcanization is presented in this study. The synthesized RHNC was characterized using various analytical techniques like FTIR, XRD, SEM, TEM, DLS, TGA etc. The cure characteristics, mechanical, technological, thermal, barrier and dynamic mechanical properties of the composites were analysed. The mechanical properties of the NR composites containing 30 wt% of CB are comparable with the composite containing 25 wt% of CB and 5 wt% of RHNC. The DMA studies show that the loss tangent (tan δ) at 60 °C is lower for the composite containing 5 wt% of RHNC and 25 wt% CB compared to the composite containing 30 wt% CB. This shows that RHNC can impart low rolling resistance, which is a crucial parameter for green tire applications.

Keywords: Composite; Cure characteristics; Green tire; Nanocellulose; Natural rubber.