Microwave Curing of Synthetic Rubbers*
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Microwave Power
- Vol. 8 (3) , 303-322
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222739.1973.11688889
Abstract
It is shown that the microwave absorption characteristics of compounds based on a given polymer can be controlled by incorporating suitable compounding ingredients, even if the polymer itself absorbs microwave energy only weakly. On the basis of ten different application-oriented compound formulations it is shown that the quality of microwave-cured rubber is comparable to that of conventionally vulcanized material. Correlations between dielectric measurements at microwave frequencies and curing tests show that the suitability of a given material for microwave curing can be determined from knowledge of the dielectric loss factor and its temperature variation. Finally, various advantages of the slow-wave structure apparatus used in this study are pointed out.Keywords
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