Apurba Ghosh

Fundamental understanding of phase incompatibility in HSBR / NR blends and optimization of blend ratio

Abstract Designing hydrogenated styrene–butadiene rubber (HSBR)/natural rubber (NR) elastomer blends is intrinsically challenging because HSBR and NR differ markedly in molecular structure, polarity and cure kinetics, which often leads to phase incompatibility. Nevertheless, if s...