International Journal of Polymer Science

Research Article

Shear Flow Induced Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes in Natural Rubber

Table 1

The composition of composite.
Constituentphr
Natural rubber100
Sulfur (S) 3
Zinc oxide5
Accelerator ZDC1
Stearic acid2
Antioxidant RD1
Ethylxanthic acid potassium salt1
MWCNTsVariate
Per hundred of rubber in quality.
The amount of the CNTs was determined by its volume fraction, which can be calculated from the equation , , where is the total volume of all the additives used in the formula, and each of them can be got from its quality and density.