The influence of physical and mechanical properties of additional materials on the recycled rubber structure during its disposal

Abstract

During the rubber long-term storage in the open air and under the influence of certain temperatures, there is a real threat to the environment where environmental damages cannot be ignored. The objective of this paper is to study the mechanical properties of rubber during its processing by vulcanization after adding some materials to improve their properties. The used materials are: rubber from tires where the proportion of rubber varies from 70-78%, vulcanization granules of rubber, non-vulcanized natural NR rubber, and granulated sulphur. Curves of stress-strain of the recycled rubber are modelled at different diameters of the granules added to the materials for vulcanization removal. As result, the improvement of the mechanical properties are obtained by increasing the diameter of the granules but there a threshold which should not be exceeded.