Determination of Carbon Black Type in Filled Rubber Vulcanizates

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A system of analysis has been described which permits determining the type of rubber grade carbon black in a vulcanizate. The carbon black is removed from the vulcanizate by vacuum pyrolysis at 850° C and its reflectance after acid washing and compression at 15,000 psi and apparent specific volume at 703 psi are determined. These measurements permit estimation of particle size and “structure.” Supplementary analyses are required for channel blacks. The procedure is most precise when the analytical values are compared with analogous data obtained from carbon blacks of known properties when removed by the same procedure from similar vulcanizates. As in all qualitative analyses, the more information which is available to the analyst, the more reliably he is able to interpret his results.

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