Reinforcing effect and electrical properties of ethylene-propylene rubber filled with calcined sepiolite

Authors
Gonzalez, L Rodriguez, A Marcos-Fernandez, A Del Campo, A
Citation
L. Gonzalez et al., Reinforcing effect and electrical properties of ethylene-propylene rubber filled with calcined sepiolite, J APPL POLY, 79(4), 2001, pp. 714-718
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00218995 → ACNP
Volume
79
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
714 - 718
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8995(20010124)79:4<714:REAEPO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A mineral sepiolite (magnesium silicate with microfibrilar morphology) was calcined at 325 degreesC and its behavior as filler for ethylene-propylene (EPM) compounds designed for electrical cable coating was studied. This cal cined sepiolite is a material with good dielectric and physical properties and provides a reinforcing effect, increased when is treated with a couplin g agent. The performance of this filler was compared to a commercial clay c alcined at 1000 degreesC. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.