Research Article
Property Optimisation of EPDM Rubber Composites Using Mathematical and Statistical Strategies
Table 9
Examples of optimised EPDM rubber composites with costs between 1.92 and 2.37 US$/kg.
| | Ingredients (phr)a | Formulation 1 | Formulation 2 | Formulation 3 |
| | EPDM | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | | Carbon black | 115.00 | 115.00 | 115.00 | | Calcium carbonate (CC) | 107.00 | 85.00 | 38.00 | | Paraffinic oil (PO) | 95.00 | 77.00 | 55.00 | | Sulphur, vulcanising agent | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | | CBS, vulcanising accelerator (VA) | 1.13 | 1.88 | 1.00 | | ZnO, vulcanising activator | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | | Naugard 495, aging inhibitor | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Stearic acid | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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aPer hundred of rubber, by weight.
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