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USE OF PYROLYZED SOYBEAN HULLS AS ECO-FRIENDLY REINFORCEMENT FILLER IN STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER

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2019, Master of Science, University of Akron, Polymer Engineering.
Pyrolyzed soybean hulls (PSBH) is a renewable, low cost and eco-friendly biomass material which has large potential to be used as reinforcement filler for partial replacement of carbon black (CB) in styrene butadiene rubber (SBR). Pyrolysis is a process that use high heating rate in anoxic condition to convert biomass into clean and renewable carbon products. In this research, the possibility of replacing carbon black with four types of PSBH was investigated with CB replacement by PSBH in reinforcement filler varying from 0 to 30%. The effect of ball mill treatment on morphology and chemical properties of PSBH were also analyzed. The results showed that ball mill treatment reduced the particle size dramatically. The optimum concentration of PSBH in reinforcement filler was determined to be 5% to achieve relatively good properties in comparison to those obtained using CB only. In addition, ball milled PSBH filled rubber compounds showed higher tensile strength and strain at break but lower moduli at 10% and 100% strain compared to untreated PSBH.
Erol Sancaktar (Advisor)
Ruel McKenzie (Committee Member)
Tainbo Liu (Committee Member)
76 p.

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  • ZOU, Y. (2019). USE OF PYROLYZED SOYBEAN HULLS AS ECO-FRIENDLY REINFORCEMENT FILLER IN STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1563924572380389

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • ZOU, YU. USE OF PYROLYZED SOYBEAN HULLS AS ECO-FRIENDLY REINFORCEMENT FILLER IN STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER. 2019. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1563924572380389.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • ZOU, YU. "USE OF PYROLYZED SOYBEAN HULLS AS ECO-FRIENDLY REINFORCEMENT FILLER IN STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1563924572380389

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)