Research Article
Property Optimisation of EPDM Rubber Composites Using Mathematical and Statistical Strategies
Table 1
Base composition of industrial EPDM rubber composites.
| | Ingredients | Content [phr]a |
| | EPDM | 100.00 | | Carbon black | 115.00 | | Calcium carbonate (CC) | Variable | | Paraffinic oil (PO) | Variable | | Sulphur, vulcanising agent | 0.40 | | CBS, vulcanising accelerator (VA) | Variable | | ZnO, vulcanising activator | 5.00 | | Naugard 495, aging inhibitor | 1.00 | | Stearic acid | 1.00 |
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aPer hundred of rubber, by weight.
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