A relationship between structure and ozone resistance of the vulcanized 70
: 30 blends of butadiene-acrylonitrile-rubbers (NBR) and poly(vinyl chlorid
e) (PVC) was studied. The samples were prepared from NBR of the SKN-18, SKN
-26, and SKN-40 grades and PVC (obtained by emulsion or suspension polymeri
zation) by methods of high- and low-temperature blending followed by treatm
ent in a thermostat. The properties of blends (including homogeneity, inter
phase layer structure, and ozone resistance) were studied by methods of str
ess relaxation, EPR, and IR spectroscopy. A mechanism of the ozone-protecti
ve action of thermoplast (PVC) in the blends with NBR is considered for the
systems possessing various degrees of homogeneity.