Research Article
Studies on the Transport of Aromatic Solvents through Filled Natural Rubber
Table 2
Values of diffusion coefficients () for snail shell powder filled natural rubber at different temperatures (filler particle sizes 0.075 and 0.300 μm).
| Solvent | Filler content (g) | (cm2/sec) | (cm2/sec) | 0.075 μm | 0.300 μm | 313 K | 333 K | 353 K | 313 K | 333 K | 353 K |
| | 2 | 4.38 | 3.53 | 3.23 | 4.84 | 3.71 | 3.05 | | 5 | 4.07 | 3.90 | 2.97 | 4.67 | 3.67 | 3.26 | Benzene | 10 | 4.20 | 3.39 | 2.65 | 4.38 | 3.94 | 3.54 | | 15 | 4.41 | 4.10 | 2.51 | 5.17 | 3.81 | 2.98 | | 20 | 4.38 | 3.33 | 2.57 | 4.07 | 3.47 | 2.86 |
| | 2 | 4.47 | 4.39 | 3.47 | 4.94 | 3.89 | 3.34 | | 5 | 4.84 | 4.33 | 3.34 | 4.74 | 3.83 | 3.06 | Toluene | 10 | 4.11 | 3.49 | 3.23 | 4.86 | 3.64 | 3.33 | | 15 | 4.47 | 4.17 | 3.41 | 4.41 | 3.80 | 3.24 | | 20 | 4.53 | 3.79 | 3.57 | 4.83 | 3.98 | 2.28 |
| | 2 | 4.59 | 3.86 | 4.26 | 4.71 | 4.29 | 3.74 | | 5 | 4.07 | 3.93 | 4.02 | 4.37 | 4.29 | 3.29 | Xylene | 10 | 4.37 | 4.24 | 3.87 | 4.70 | 4.29 | 3.38 | | 15 | 4.68 | 4.52 | 4.14 | 4.77 | 4.09 | 3.49 | | 20 | 4.45 | 4.12 | 3.92 | 4.48 | 4.65 | 3.24 |
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