The effect of wheat hay on carbon black loaded EPDM composite studied by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy
Abd-El Salam , Mokhtar; Abdel-Hady, E.E.; Mohamed, H.F.M.; Ibrahim, A.S.;
Abstract
The positron annihilation lifetime (PAL) technique has been applied to investigate the behavior of free volume hole in carbon black loaded ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) composite as a function of the wheat hay concentration from 10 to 50 phr. The macroscopic studies including stress-strain, hardness and swelling behavior were measured too. An attempt is done to establish a correlation between the macroscopic measurements and the microscopic properties of the free volume holes. The ortho-positronium (o-Ps) parameters show a compact phase around 20 phr concentration of wheat hay. Such a phase is thought to be responsible for the maximum values of hardness, rupture stress, rupture strain and the minimum in the degree of swelling.
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Title | The effect of wheat hay on carbon black loaded EPDM composite studied by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy | Authors | Abd-El Salam , Mokhtar ; Abdel-Hady, E.E.; Mohamed, H.F.M.; Ibrahim, A.S. | Issue Date | 2004 | Journal | Materials Science Forum | DOI | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.445-446.259 |
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